Quotes from Steven Morrissey

I do think it's possible to go through life and never fall in love, or find someone who loves you.

If you love animals, obviously it doesn't make sense to hurt them.

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.

And make no mistake, my friend, your pointless life will end; but before you go, can you look at the truth?

Oh yes, you can kick me And you can punch me And you can break my face But you won't change the way i feel 'cause i love you

If you respect or love animals you could never eat them. It's that simple

And though I walk home alone, my faith in love is still devout.

You don't like me, but you love me; either way, you're wrong.

Young bones groan And the rocks below say, "Throw your white body down!" But I'm going to meet the one I love At last

I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make.

I've always done quite well as far as the charts are concerned. And yet I always felt I conveyed the spirit of the music I love, which didn't have any chart success.

Long hair is an unpardonable offense which should be punishable by death.

When I'm lying in my bed I think about life and I think about death and neither one particularly appeals to me.

That's why I do this music business thing, it's communication with people without having the extreme inconvenience of actually phoning anybody up.

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.

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'.

But sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled making Christmas cards with the mentally ill. I want to live and I want to love. I want to catch something that I might be ashamed of.

There's a club if you'd like to go, you could meet somebody who really loves you, so you go and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home and you cry and you want to die.

Women don't go to war to kill other women. Wars and armies and nuclear weapons are essentially heterosexual hobbies.

He drove me home in the van, complaining, 'Women only like me for my mind'.

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'.

I'd rather produce art than become art.

You are a work of art.

I find Christmas very difficult.