Steven Morrissey Quotes

All of us, ultimately, we're not that interesting, when it comes down to it.

Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body? I dunno.

Pass the pub that wrecks your body And the church, all they want is your money

I am attracted to humans. But, of course... not many.

I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.

Artists aren't really people. And I'm actually 40 per cent papier mache.

There's no blame placed at Kate Middleton, who was in the hospital for, as far as I can see, absolutely no reason . . . She feels no shame about the death of this woman. The arrogance of the British royals is staggering, absolutely staggering.

I am still my teenage self. If you think that we all step through a door marked Adult, or that we sign a Grown-Up Document, you’re quite wrong. We remain as we always were, and that, alas, is one of life’s many nasty tricks.

Can you squeeze me into an empty page of your diary and psychologically save me?

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.

The Smiths was an incredibly personal thing to me. It was like launching your own diary to music.

You either approve of violence or you don't, and nothing on earth is more violent or extreme than the meat industry.

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).

Because ENOUGH is TOO MUCH! And look around ...can you blame us?!

I lost myself to music at a very early age, and I remained there.

Whether it be Beyonce or Justin Bieber, we see singers who have absolutely nothing to offer anyone as they walk off stage clutching three Grammys in each hand.

My love, wherever you are - whatever you are - don't lose faith. I know it's gonna happen someday to you.

I have forgiven Jesus for all of the love he placed in me, when there's no one I can turn to with this love.

I wish that Prince Charles had been shot. I think it would have made the world a more interesting place.

This position I've held ... it pays may way and it corrodes my soul.

You don't like me, but you love me; either way, you're wrong.

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.

In England, pop music seems now to be exclusively for children. If an artist is no good, why is it necessary to have that artist repeatedly rammed in our face?

I'd love to...but only with you.

Even though I've been reasonably well known for quite a long time, I still can't get a record on daytime radio or on MTV.

I was never young. This idea of fun: cars, girls, saturday night, bottle of wine... to me, these things are morbid. I was always attracted to people with the same problems as me. It doesn't help when most of them are dead.

I lie a lot - it's really useful.

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

Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'.

Doing nothing gives me great pleasure. And believe me, I succeed wonderfully in it.

This world, I am afraid, is designed for crashing bores.

Well, I am an extremely beautiful person.

Even with the recent story about the nurse killing herself in King Edward Hospital, there's no blame placed on Kate Middleton, who was in the hospital as far as I could see for absolutely no reason. She feels no shame about the death of this woman, she's saying nothing about the death of this poor woman. The arrogance of the British royals is staggering, absolutely staggering. And why it's allowed to be I really don't know... It wasn't because of two DJs in Australia that this woman took her own life, it was the pressure around her.

Now I know how Joan of Arc felt.

Animals are nicer than humans and they're conscious beings. If you stick your grandmother in an oven, she will probably be tasty. But is that any reason to eat your grandmother?

Robert Smith is a whingebag.

I don't like myself very much as a person, but I'm proud of what I create.

Bring me the head of Elton John . . . which is one instance in which meat would not be murder, if it were served on a plate.

Life is a very serious business for the simple reason that nobody dies laughing.

Diazapam (that's valium), temazepam, lithium, ECT, HRT - how long must I stay on this stuff? Don't give me anymore!

Women don't go to war to kill other women. Wars and armies and nuclear weapons are essentially heterosexual hobbies.

Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears.

I normally live in Los Angeles, if you can call it normal living.

It's so shameful of me: I like you.

Not everybody is absolutely stupid. Why on earth would I be racist, what would I be trying to achieve?

With people in the world such as 'Jamie Oliver' and [TV chef] Clarissa Dickson-Wright there isn't much hope for animals.

Again, I lay awake, and I cried because of waste.

America is not the world.