Don't talk to me about people who are 'nice' cause I have spent my whole life in ruins because of people who are 'nice'.

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

They are very tame to me. God bless Noel, I'm sure he'll always have a spot on 'Bob's Full House', but I search for something with more bite and rage.

I think perhaps I touch on a different passion in people. It’s not simple the passion of rock ‘n’ roll rebellion - it’s more romantic than sexual.

Smiths songs certainly have an astonishing afterlife.

There are more than enough to fight and oppose; why waste good time fighting the people you like?

War, I thought, was the most negative aspect of male heterosexuality. If more men were homosexual, there would be no wars, because homosexual men would never kill other men, whereas heterosexual men love killing other men.