I would rather eat my own testicles than reform The Smiths, and that's saying something for a vegetarian.

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

They said they respect me, which means, their judgment is crazy.

I didn't really see the British punk movement, if that's what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to all the New York music since 1973, really.

The rhino is now more or less extinct, and it's not because of global warming or shrinking habitats. It's because of Beyonce's handbags.

I'm not an anarchist, but I believe that people don't want the royal family - the so-called royal family.

Smiths songs certainly have an astonishing afterlife.