I would never, ever do anything as vulgar as having fun.

I don't want to go on much longer, really. I think that would suggest a lack of imagination. A certain lack of dignity also.

Burn down the disco Hang the blessed D.J. Because the music that they constantly play It says nothing to me about my life

One can have great concern for the people of Ethiopia, but it's another thing to inflict daily torture on the people of England.

I am hated for loving. I am haunted for wanting.

Smiths songs certainly have an astonishing afterlife.

Sometimes I wish I was just a simple drunkard.