Quotes from Morrissey

It's always nice to receive a compliment.

Let lying dogs sleep is something I always say in reference to the Smiths.

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

If anyone has seen the horrific and unwatchable footage of the Chinese cat and dog trade - animals skinned alive - then they could not possibly argue in favour of China as a caring nation. There are no animal protection laws in China and this results in the worst animal abuse and cruelty on the planet. It is indefensible.

I first bought a Buffy Sainte-Marie record when I was 12, and her music has always remained with me. In the 1960s, as a political activist, Buffy's lyrics were fearless, and I'm very grateful for all the risks that she took.

I'm capable of looking on the bright side. I just don't do it very often.

The word 'indie' is meaningless now. It's so over-used that people think it simply means green hair.

I do maintain that if your hair is wrong, your entire life is wrong.

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.

When you're younger, you see the people who are in power and think they must have that position because of some degree of skill. And as you get older, you realize it's not true, that most people in those positions are absolutely inept. And this naturally makes you feel better about yourself.

I can chase you, and I can catch you, but there is nothing I can do to make you mine.

There's so much destruction all over the world - and all you can do is complain about ME!

To me you are a work of art, and I would give you my heart - that's if I had one.

The heart has a heart of its own.

I see the world, it makes me puke, But then I look at you and know, that somewhere there's a someone who can soothe me.

I don't iron anything. Never have and never will.

If you travel to Germany, it's still absolutely Germany. If you travel to Sweden, it still has a Swedish identity.

My family, although they're very large on both my parents' sides, they don't know much about their family tree. Occasionally, they try to dig, but they can't get very far, and it's baffling. In Dublin, it seems that so many public records were wiped out; it's proven to be very difficult, so I know very little.

I am slightly shocked to have gone as far as I have.

I'm not an anarchist, but I believe that people don't want the royal family - the so-called royal family.

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.

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

You made me feel less aloneYou made me feel not quite soDeformed, uninformed and hunchbackedAre you aware wherever you areThat you have just died?

England is a memory now. The gates are flooded and anybody can have access to England and join in.