I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? The 'dazzling royals' have, quite naturally, hi-jacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press.

Each year of life brings us nearer to our decline, but I will continue to seek a listener until I'm dead in a ditch.

I still prefer horses to human beings.

The Smiths was an incredibly personal thing to me. It was like launching your own diary to music.

Tried living in the real world instead of a shell, but I was bored before I even began.

I used to dream, and I used to vow; I wouldn't dream of it now.

We hate it when our friends become successful.