Why pamper life's complexities when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?

I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make, and I believe it has an important place. Others do, too, and the thousands of people with Morrissey tattoos certainly proves something.

My parents were worried about me, certainly when I became so deeply interested in music and people like the New York Dolls who, at the time, were very peculiar indeed.

I began to go to concerts when I was 12 years old. And I would stand there, the small imp that I was, and I would expect the world to be laid before me by these artists, and in some cases it was. So when I climbed onto the stage, I always imagined that I was singing to somebody who was similar to how I had been.

I don't mind if you forget me. Having learned my lesson, I never left an impression on anyone.

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

For the first time in my life the eternal 'I' becomes 'we', as, finally, I can get on with someone.