Morrissey (Steven Patrick Morrissey) Quotes
DK: Have you ever been to a rave? M: Rave is the refuge for the mentally deficient. It's made by dull people for dull people.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.
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The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
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I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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If I go out there and am myself, and I do what makes me comfortable and what I think is true to my artistry, and they don't like it, then that's fine. I walk off stage, and I know there's nothing there's nothing I could have done differently.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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Most practical jokes, I'll feel too bad for the other person so I'll stop just before the punchline.
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Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success.
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Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.
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Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.
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I enjoy the process of composing music. The first time I hear a song, it has to bring a smile to my lips. You have to tap your feet and be able to sing the song.
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I had a cyst on my tonsils, and I couldn't sing. I had to have an operation.
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I think the possibilities are endless in terms of what the genre would be like. However, in terms of looking for sources of money, I think we have to be very careful not to fall into Hollywood's commodification of Chicano culture. We could look at the example of Piri Thomas, a successful Puerto Rican writer now living in the Bay Area, who has received repeated offers from Hollywood...and he said he's not going to write about his people doing drugs and going to jail.
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DK: Have you ever been to a rave? M: Rave is the refuge for the mentally deficient. It's made by dull people for dull people.
