The Smiths Quotes
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(Eating meat) is really on the same moral level as child abuse. It’s the same thing. Animals are like children, they look to us for protection. We should protect them. I really feel quite smug about mad cow disease and foot and mouth and so forth, and I just think ‘Well, what do you expect? People have been saying it for years.'
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PM: What annoys you most about yourself? M: Practically everything. I miss not being able to stand up straight. I tend to slide into rooms and sit on the chair behind the door.
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That's why I do this music business thing, it's communication with people without having the extreme inconvenience of actually phoning anybody up.
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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.
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When I crashed my BMW and managed to walk away pretty much unscathed, it was a turning point. I'd been living the life, and when people see photos of the car wreck, they can't believe I got away with it. It was like a fog had lifted. I stopped drinking a bottle of Tequila before grabbing my car keys. It was time to wise-up and get a haircut.
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GQ: 'Who’ll be the first of the Smiths to die?'M: 'Me. I’ll be shot – probably by one of the ex-Smiths.'
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I'm here with the cause, I'm holding the torchIn the corner of your room- can you hear me?And when you're dancing and laughing, and finally living,Hear my voice in your head and think of me kindly.
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Quién te conoce
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You shut your mouth,How can you say I go about things the wrong way?I am human and I need to be lovedJust like everybody else does
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I'll try to sing as fast as I can, I know you all can't wait to see U2.
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Last night I dreamtThat somebody loved meNo hope, no harmJust another false alarmLast night I feltReal arms around meNo hope, no harmJust another false alarmSo, tell me how longBefore the last one?And tell me how longBefore the right one?The story is old - I knowBut it goes onThe story is old - I knowBut it goes onOh, goes onAnd onOh, goes onAnd on
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And if a double-decker bus crashes into us, to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die.And if a ten ton truck kills the both of us, to die by your side, the pleasure, the privilege is mine.
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I never enjoyed life in my twenties, not one minute of it. It was a test of endurance that I'm surprised I survived. Professionally, of course, I was doing very well but personally it couldn't have been worse or more difficult for me if I'd been living in a mud hut in Leeds.
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I am really proud of what I have done for cancer awareness, but do I feel like Bono? No.
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The brain speculates but the heart knows.
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I have so much pride and love for the songs of The Smiths. However, I must ask you, if you come across any Smiths CDs, don't buy them, because all the money goes to that wretched drummer.
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There is no such thing in life as normal
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It's the nicest birthday I've ever had. You've made a happy man very old.
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In my lifeWhy do I smileAt people who I'd much rather kick in the eye ?
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It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind.
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It has been a pleasure to play with all these artists. Pretenders was a real highlight, but also Damon, aka Badly Drawn Boy, Sinead... Ian Brown... all of these people I learn from and love to work with.
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DK: How often does the seriousness end and the irony begin in your work? M: Many times. I have a grand and endless capacity to find myself slightly ridiculous. I'm not pretending to be some wallowing prophet, for heaven's sake. I think we all have to sit down and look in the mirror and think, What is that absurd monstrosity?
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Cleavage Sister: 'What do you feel about erotic art?'Morrissey:'I don't know much about rotting art?'Cleavage Sister: 'What about erotic music?'Morrissey:'I know a great deal about rotting music.'
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Jools Holland: 'Knock Knock!' Morrissey: 'I'm not in!' Jools: 'Oh, come on.' Morrissey: 'I refuse to open the door.'