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

The passing of time and all of its crimes is making me sad again. The passing of time and all of its sickening crimes is making me sad again. But don't forget the songs that made you cry and the songs that saved your life.. Yes, you're older now and you're a clever swine. But they were the only ones who ever stood by you

I can smell burning flesh... and I hope to God it's human.

Because you wear a uniform, a smelly uniform...and so you think you can be rude to me.

All human activity is fruitless when pitted against the girls and boys singing on pop television, for they have found the answer as the rest of us search for the question. I will sing, too. If not, I will have to die.

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

I think labels for the most part want to sign new discoveries so that that label alone is seen to be responsible for the rise of the artist. Not many labels want bands who have already made their mark, because their success is usually attributed to some other label somewhere else at another time.