Quotes from Morrissey

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

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.

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

Congratulations to Prince Charles for banning foie gras from all his functions.

I would find the idea of compiling a setlist that doesn't wildly excite me to be too restricting.

As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave... walking the plank... willingly... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful.

No British politician has ever been more despised by the British people than Margaret Thatcher.

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.

I was wasting my life, always thinking about myself.

I know by now you think I should have straightened myself out - Thank you, drop dead!

With no reason to hide these words I feel, and no reason to talk about the books I read, but still, I do.

I'm cursed with the gift of foresight.

I find that it isn't wise to attempt to judge people on their public persona, and even on the music they make. Because I've met so many people whose music I cannot stand, and they're very nice. At the same time, I've met people whose music I've loved, and they're not the person you've invested all this emotion in.

What's the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning? Wish I hadn't.

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.

British politics, as the world knows, is a joke. Yet it's rarely funny.

The most common phrase bandied about these days is 'Oh my God'. People say it automatically all the time - not realising that that's a form of prayer.

I always seem to be singing against the grain.

I swim when I can but I don't work out.

The paradox is that I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make, and I believe it has an important place. Others do, too, and the thousands of people with Morrissey tattoos certainly proves something.

Any criticism of Thatcher throws a dangerously absurd light on the entire machinery of British politics. Thatcher's name must be protected, not because of all the wrong that she had done, but because the people around her allowed her to do it.

As London is suddenly promoted as a super-wealth brand, the England outside London shivers beneath cutbacks, tight circumstances and economic disasters.

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'm tired again, I've tried again, and now my heart is full.And I just can't explain...so I won't even try to.