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Morrissey
101 quotes
“It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from the 1986 song "I Know It's Over", co-written with Johnny Marr.
“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.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from the 1986 song "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out", co-written with Johnny Marr.
“So when you say it's gonna happen now. Well when exactly do you mean? See I've already waited too long. And all my hope is gone!”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from the 1984 song "How Soon Is Now?", co-written with Johnny Marr.
“I've been dreaming of a time when The English are sick to death of Labour and Tories And spit upon the name Oliver Cromwell and denounce this royal line that still salutes him And will salute him forever.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from the 2004 song , co-written with
“Why pamper life's complexity when the leather runs smooth on the passenger's seat?”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from the 1984 song "This Charming Man", co-written with Johnny Marr.
“In my life Why do I smile At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye ?”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from the 1984 song "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", co-written with Johnny Marr.
“I decree today that life is simply taking and not giving, England is mine and it owes me a living”
“You shut your mouth, How can you say I go about things the wrong way? I am human and I need to be loved Just like everybody else does”
“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”
“Hand in glove, the good people laugh, yes we may be hidden by rags, But we've something they'll never have”
“There's more to life than books you know, but not much more”
“Oh, the alcoholic afternoons when we sat in your room they meant more to me than any, than any living thing on earth”
“I'm here with the cause, I'm holding the torch In 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.”
“Most people keep their brains between their legs”
“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.”
“And when I'm lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about death. And neither one particularly appeals to me.”
“Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body? I dunno...”
“As Anthony said to Cleopatra as he opened a crate of ale: "Oh, I say, some girls are bigger than others, Some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers.”
“There is no such thing in life as normal”
“So I broke into the palace, with a sponge and a rusty spanner She said "eh, I know you and you cannot sing" I said "that's nothing you should hear me play piano”
“And you're standing on our streets where Hector was the first of the gang with a gun in his hand and the first to do time The first of the gang to die / oh my”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the 2002 song , co-written with
“And you even spoke to me, and said : "If you're so funny Then why are you on your own tonight ? And if you're so clever Then why are you on your own tonight ? If you're so very entertaining Then why are you on your own tonight ? If you're so very good-looking Why do you sleep alone tonight ? I know... 'Cause tonight is just like any other night That's why you're on your own tonight With your triumphs and your charms While they're in each other's arms...”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the 1986 song "I Know It's Over
“Last night I dreamt That somebody loved me No hope, no harm Just another false alarm Last night I felt Real arms around me No hope, no harm Just another false alarm So, tell me how long Before the last one? And tell me how long Before the right one? The story is old - I know But it goes on The story is old - I know But it goes on Oh, goes on And on Oh, goes on And on”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the 1987 song , co-written with Johnny Marr.
“It was probably nothing, but it felt like the world.”
“You either approve of violence or you don't, and nothing on earth is more violent or extreme than the meat industry.”
“The British judiciary continues to label animal protectionists as 'extremists', whilst being unable to consider the Holocaust carnage inside every abattoir to be extreme.”
“The brain speculates but the heart knows.”
“Nobody can possibly be so hungry that they need to take a life in order to feel satisfied – they don't after all, take a human life, so why take the life of an animal? Both are conscious beings with the same determination to survive. It is habit, and laziness and nothing else.”
“I shake like a ship in a storm. It is a fact that even warming moments overwhelm me with despair, and this is why I am I.”
“I say a lot of things I don’t mean.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: interview by Andrew Harrison, Word Magazine (June 2003)
“I think the main thing is that I very rarely recognise the actual interview in print. To me, it's like being painted by an artist. And then you see the picture, and they've painted someone else.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From Oor magazine (February 1987)
“I don't perform. Seals perform.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview with Russell Brand in December 2006, also quoted in the March 2007 issue of Uncut.
“Well, I think when I was a child, more than anything else I wanted not to be ordinary. And I wanted to be considered to be a bit peculiar. When I was at school I wanted to be peculiar and I was delighted when I was at secondary school and I was actually thought to be peculiar (laughs). It was fantastically good for me because I looked around me and I thought, 'Well, however you are I don't want to be like you, so if you think I'm unbalanced then I'm delighted.' That really stayed with me.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From "Morrissey speaks to NME", interview by Alex Needham, NME (17 April 2004).
“I normally live in Los Angeles, if you can call it normal living.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the TV documentary The Importance of Being Morrissey (2003); also quoted in "Return of the lone stranger" by Mark Simpson in Guardian Unlimited (31 May 2003)
“That's why I do this music business thing, it's communication with people without having the extreme inconvenience of actually phoning anybody up.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the TV documentary The Importance of Being Morrissey (2003)
“Not everybody is absolutely stupid. Why on earth would I be racist, what would I be trying to achieve?”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the TV documentary The Importance of Being Morrissey (2003)
“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.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the TV documentary The Importance of Being Morrissey (2003)
“JU: Are you thin still? M: Um, in a crowd, yes. In a crowd of very heavy people.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From "LA Confidential", interview by Jaan Uhelszki, Mojo (April 2001)
“Lots of people make the stage and it can seem very violent and over the top, but it's not really. It's always a kind of gentle ballet.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From "LA Confidential", interview by Jaan Uhelszki, Mojo (April 2001)
“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.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from an interview with Q magazine (1995)
“I was quite advanced when I was at school, and when I left school it seemed that all these really oafish clods from school were making tremendous progress and had wonderfully large cars and lots of money, and I seemed to be constantly waiting for a bus that never came.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from "Oxford Road Show", BBC2 (March 1985)
“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?”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from "Homme alone 2" by David Keeps, Details (December 1992)
“I know I've reached the stage where other artists would bleach their hair or buy a fancy costume, but, inexcusably, I can only be me, which is a full-time occupation and causes terrible backaches.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From "I’ll astonish you", interview by Len Brown, Details (March 1991).
“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.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From "Wilde child", interview by Paul Morley, Blitz (April 1988).
“I think I'm a realist. Which people who don't like me consider to be pessimism. It isn't pessimism at all. If I was a pessimist I wouldn't get up, I wouldn't shave, I wouldn't watch Batman at 7:30 a.m. Pessimists just don't do that sort of thing.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from "Stop me if you've heard this one before", interview by Len Brown in NME (20 February 1988)
“I once bought a Manchester United hat, which I think was 12 shillings, and somebody ran up behind me and pulled it off and just ran ahead. I thought, 'It's a very cruel world, I'm not prepared for this'. And I decided to get my revenge on society.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from "Stop me if you've heard this one before", interview by Len Brown in NME (2h February 1988)
“I think if I'd led an acceptably frivolous teenage life I wouldn't be singing in this group. I'm sure if you have a great time and get everything you want, all the friends you want, then you tend not to be so ambitious. If you're deprived of certain things it makes you very resilient and you kick very hard for what you want. And I wanted something very special because I'd led such an unspecial life previous to the Smiths.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From "Keep young and beautiful", interview by Bill Black, Sounds (19 November 1983).
“GQ: “Who’ll be the first of the Smiths to die?” M: “Me. I’ll be shot – probably by one of the ex-Smiths.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview by Adrian Deevoy in GQ, October 2005, p. 278
“GQ: “Were you in love with Johnny Marr?” M: “Sexually? Absolutely not. There was a love and it was mutual and equal but it wasn’t physical or sexual. There are lots of people post-Smiths who would like to make some dramatic homosexual story. There never was one. It’s often said that Johnny rescued me but he was also bobbing about in his own lifeboat.”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview by Adrian Deevoy in GQ, October 2005, p. 278
“Music that is in the charts today is quite dreadful. I find it a great honour that I have never been considered for awards, such as NME etc. It is a personal victory. All awards shows should be banned!”
Morrissey (born 1959) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking on Radio 2 in 2009