Steven Morrissey Quotes

Long hair is an unpardonable offense which should be punishable by death.

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

The rhino is now more or less extinct, and it's not because of global warming or shrinking habitats. It's because of Beyonce's handbags.

It's so easy to laugh, It's so easy to hate, It takes guts to be gentle and kind.

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

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

I do think it's possible to go through life and never fall in love, or find someone who loves you.

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.

Robert Smith is a whingebag.

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

I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? The 'dazzling royals' have, quite naturally, hi-jacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press.

He referred to me as an 'insufferable puffed-up prat'. This is a bit rich coming from a man who actually married his own mother.

It begins in the heart...and it hurts when it's true. It only hurts because it's true.

Jesus made me, so he should save me from pity, sympathy and idiots discussing me.

People like me prove that you can survive without romance, even though you end up a bit unbalanced and you tend to argue with your own reflection.

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?

The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the now quite enormous, wasteful and useless 'royal' family.

If anyone has seen the horrific and unwatchable footage of the Chinese cat and dog trade - animals skinned alive - then they could not possibly argue in favour of China as a caring nation. There are no animal protection laws in China, and this results in the worst animal abuse and cruelty on the planet. It is indefensible.

The Royal family to me are not England, and they are not the flag.

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'.

Bob Geldof is a nauseating character. Band Aid was the most self-righteous platform ever in the history of popular music.

When you're younger, you see the people who are in power and think they must have that position because of some degree of skill. And as you get older, you realize it's not true, that most people in those positions are absolutely inept. And this naturally makes you feel better about yourself.

It takes strength to be gentle and kind.

The Smiths are never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever going to reunite - ever.

Racism is beyond common sense and has no place in our society.

One day I decided to try to have a complete day without tea. I was quite shaken. I was quite disturbed.

I'm cursed with the gift of foresight.

And if you ever need self-validation, Just meet me in the alley by the railway station

Humans are not really very humane.

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).

Tried living in the real world instead of a shell, but I was bored before I even began.

In my life Why do I give valuable time To people who don't care if I live or die ?

I wear black on the outside 'Cause black is how I feel on the inside.

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

Don't leave it all unsaid, somewhere in the wasteland of your head.

The passing of time and all of its crimes is making me sad again. The passing of time and all of its sickening crimes is making me sad again. But don't forget the songs that made you cry and the songs that saved your life.. Yes, you're older now and you're a clever swine. But they were the only ones who ever stood by you

I think I'm a realist. Which people who don't like me consider to be pessimism. It isn't pessimism at all. If I was a pessimist I wouldn't get up, I wouldn't shave, I wouldn't watch Batman at 7:30 a.m. Pessimists just don't do that sort of thing.

If you love animals, obviously it doesn't make sense to hurt them.

I left my fingerprints somewhere - that's good enough. I am my own person - that's good enough. I stand my ground - that's good enough.

Life's full of tricky snakes and ladders.

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

Whenever I go past McDonalds I get very, very angry.

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

I was quite advanced when I was at school, and when I left school it seemed that all these really oafish clods from school were making tremendous progress and had wonderfully large cars and lots of money, and I seemed to be constantly waiting for a bus that never came.

I hated the royal wedding.

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'.

America is not the world.

Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes - they don't determine how you live your life! You're either marvellous or you're boring, regardless of your age.

Smiths songs certainly have an astonishing afterlife.

Everyday is like Sunday Everyday is silent and grey