I don't iron anything. Never have and never will.

Disappointment came to me, and booted me, and bruised and hurt me, but that's how people grow up.

You have to, at least from a distance, look as if you know what you're doing, and I can manage that.

The solo years have been more meaningful to the audiences than the Smiths years, but the press in England only write about me in relation to the Smiths era.

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears.

I know by now you think I should have straightened myself out - Thank you, drop dead!