Top 217 Quotes & Sayings by Steven Morrissey - Page 2

I'd rather produce art than become art.

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

I avoid people who I actually like. I suppose that’s a phobia but also a habit.

I decree today that life is simply taking and not giving, England is mine and it owes me a living.

It may all end tomorrow, or it could go on forever (in which case I'm doomed).

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

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

Sing your life; any fool can think of words that rhyme.

Eating meat is the most disgusting thing I can think of. It's like biting into your grandmother.

I once bought a Manchester United hat, which I think was 12 shillings, and somebody ran up behind me and pulled it off and just ran ahead. I thought, 'It's a very cruel world, I'm not prepared for this'. And I decided to get my revenge on society.

There's more to life than books you know, but not much more.

Whoever says the Smiths have split shall be severely spanked by me with a wet plimsoll.

Sometimes I wish I was just a simple drunkard.

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?

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

With the world's fate resting on your shoulder - you're gonna need someone on your side. You can't do it by yourself any longer - you're gonna need someone on your side.

I think perhaps I touch on a different passion in people. It’s not simple the passion of rock ‘n’ roll rebellion - it’s more romantic than sexual.

When they bury me in a church and chuck earth on my grave, I'd like the words 'Well, at least he tried' engraved on my tombstone.

I can't believe I'm 29. Where did the years go? Why did the years go?

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

He [Elton John] is pushing his face in all the time and telling us about his private life. Nobody's interested. He should just go away.

All human activity is fruitless when pitted against the girls and boys singing on pop television, for they have found the answer as the rest of us search for the question. I will sing, too. If not, I will have to die.

You can't help but feel that the Chinese people are a subspecies.

I have seen one or two psychiatrists. They just sit and nod and doodle.

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

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

There are some bad people on the rise; they're saving their own skins by ruining people's lives.

I'm not very good at being dull.

It doesn't stop. It really doesn't stop. It's the way I live every single day. I don't do anything else. I have no other interest other than music. At all.

Life would be so colourful if only I had a drink problem.

We Hate William and Kate

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

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

Most people keep their brains between their legs.

Denmark is sadly a hellish place if you happen to be a pig, but the brioche and fruits that tower on the table before me have me hastily attaching a feedbag.

The more you ignore me, the closer I get; you're wasting your time.

I think labels for the most part want to sign new discoveries so that that label alone is seen to be responsible for the rise of the artist. Not many labels want bands who have already made their mark, because their success is usually attributed to some other label somewhere else at another time.

They are very tame to me. God bless Noel, I'm sure he'll always have a spot on 'Bob's Full House', but I search for something with more bite and rage.

Now this might disturb you, but I find I'm OK by myself; and I don't need you or your benevolence to make sense.

I've gone through managers like people go through shredded wheat. Nobody looks after you.

You are a work of art.

Obviously, it's designed by record company executives who want a cheap success, and they don't want to give money to anybody and they don't want to give contracts, so they've created this world of very bubbly teenagers who want to be "idols" and they think all they have to do is mime quite well and they've made it. ... But it's not the problem of the kids, it's the problem of the record companies, because it's just an inexpensive way for them to have so-called, I won't say "artists", but erm...You're nodding, you know what I mean.

Madonna is closer to organised prostitution than anything else.

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

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

The sorrow of the IRA Brighton bombing is that Thatcher escaped unscathed.

Even I, as sick as I am, I would never be you. Even I, sick and depraved, a traveler to the grave, I would never be you.

Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me. No hope, no harm; just another false alarm.

So the life I have made May seem wrong to you But, I've never been surer It's my life to ruin My own way.

I think I must be, absolutely, a total sex object. In every sense of the word.

Well, I am an extremely beautiful person.

He drove me home in the van, complaining, 'Women only like me for my mind'.

Unfortunately, I am not homosexual... In technical fact, I am humasexual. I am attracted to humans. But, of course, not many.

I just feel that when all is said and done, I am not insane.

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

Everyday is like Sunday Everyday is silent and grey

Oh yes, you can kick me And you can punch me And you can break my face But you won't change the way i feel 'cause i love you

I find Christmas very difficult.

Rejection is one thing - but rejection from a fool is cruel.