Morrissey quotes - page 5

Life's full of tricky snakes and ladders. (Morrissey)
That was the problem with the 'celibate' word because they don't consider for a moment that you'd rather not be, but you just are. I was never a sexual person. View quote
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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'. View quote
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I've never intended to be controversial, but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is. View quote
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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. View quote
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It could be construed that the reason I wouldn't wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that's not true at all. View quote
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I think the pop chart today is entirely market-driven. And it has nothing to do with public taste. And it has nothing to do with moving music forward. It's simply a market chart. View quote
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All of us, ultimately, we're not that interesting, when it comes down to it. View quote
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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. View quote
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I didn't really see the British punk movement, if that's what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to all the New York music since 1973, really. View quote
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The word 'indie' is meaningless now. It's so over-used that people think it simply means green hair. (Morrissey)
No British politician has ever been more despised by the British people than Margaret Thatcher. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't want to get too involved in marketing budgets, online promotions and download set-ups because it would be a bit like Gertrude Stein mapping out a TV campaign. I want to sing. I want visibility. I am essentially Al Martino, not Seymour Stein. View quote
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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. View quote
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Artists aren't really people. I'm actually 40 per cent papier mache. View quote
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It's always nice to receive a compliment. View quote
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I do maintain that if your hair is wrong, your entire life is wrong. View quote
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What's the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning? Wish I hadn't. View quote
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It's so tedious that everyone must be defined. View quote
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I don't iron anything. Never have and never will. (Morrissey)
Smiths songs certainly have an astonishing afterlife. View quote
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You may not realize this, but people have the power to change the world. View quote
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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. View quote
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Well, I'm a Catholic by birth and you can never shed it. View quote
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