I can get incredibly erotic about blotting paper.

I've always done quite well as far as the charts are concerned. And yet I always felt I conveyed the spirit of the music I love, which didn't have any chart success.

Close your eyes, and think of someone you physically admire, and let me kiss you.

The solo years have been more meaningful to the audiences than the Smiths years, but the press in England only write about me in relation to the Smiths era.

I could only tolerate an afternoon if I took a triple amount of the stated dose of valium prescribed by my GP (who would soon take his own life).

Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life that you'd like to.

Each year of life brings us nearer to our decline, but I will continue to seek a listener until I'm dead in a ditch.