Morrissey

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

“Born again atheist, practicing troublemaker”

“On the day that your mentality Decides to catch up with your biology,Come 'round”

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

“Cause there's always someone, somewhereWith a big nose, who knowsAnd trips you up and laugh when you fall”

“For there are better sides to lifeAnd I should know because I've seen themBut not very often”

“In my life why do I smile at people I'd rather kick in the eye?”

“I'd rather be remembered as a big-mouthed failure than an effete little wimp.”

“Music is like a drug, but there are no rehabilitation centres.”

“Fifteen minutes with you Well, I wouldn't say no Oh, people said that you were virtually dead And they were so wrongFifteen minutes with you Oh, well, I wouldn't say no Oh, people said that you were easily led And they were half-right”

“Some girls are bigger than others.”

“Boot the grime of this world in the crotch dear.”

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

“People are still disturbingly vague about the treatment of animals. People still seem to believe that meat is a particular substance not at all connected to animals playing in the field over there. People don't realise how gruesomely and fighteningly the animal gets to the plate...”

“It may all end tomorrow, or it could go on forever (in which case I'm doomed).”

“And if you ever need self-validation,Just meet me in the alley by the railway station”

“I avoid people who I actually like. I suppose that’s a phobia but also a habit.”

“Doing nothing gives me great pleasure. And believe me, I succeed wonderfully in it.”

“I don't like myself very much as a person, but I'm proud of what I create.”

“And no reason to talk about the books I read but I still do...”

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

“This position I've held ... it pays may way and it corrodes my soul.”

“I don't perform. Seals perform.”

“I am very serious about my baby.”

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

“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.”

“If a double decker busCrashes into usTo die by your sideOh the pleasure, the prvilige is mine”

“Young bones groanAnd the rocks below say,"Throw your white body down!"But I'm going to meet the one I loveAt last”

“Why pamper life's complexities when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?”

“A sad fact widely knownThe most impassionate songTo a lonely soulIs so easily outgrownBut dont forget the songsThat made you smileAnd the songs that made you cryWhen you lay in aweOn the bedroom floorAnd said : oh, oh, smother me mother...No ...Rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ringLa ...The passing of timeAnd all of its crimesIs making me sad againThe passing of timeAnd all of its sickening crimesIs making me sad againBut dont forget the songsThat made you cryAnd the songs that saved your lifeYes, youre older nowAnd youre a clever swineBut they were the only ones who ever stood by youThe passing of time leaves empty livesWaiting to be filled (the passing ...)The passing of timeLeaves empty livesWaiting to be filledIm here with the causeIm holding the torchIn the corner of your roomCan you hear me ? And when youre dancing and laughingAnd finally livingHear my voice in your headAnd think of me kindly”

“Now this might disturb you, but I find I'm OK by myself;and I don't need you or your benevolence to make sense.”

“You say: 'Oh, please forgive'You say: 'Oh, live and let live.'But sorry doesn't help us.Sorry will not save us.Sorry is just a word you find so easy to say (so you say it anyway).Sorry doesn't help us.Sorry won't protect us.Sorry won't undo all the good gone wrong.”

“You made me feel less alone;you made me feel not quite sodeformed, uninformed and hunchbacked.”

“The heart has a heart of its own.”

“I was wasting my life, always thinking about myself.”

“Disappointment came to me,and booted me,and bruised and hurt me,but that's how people grow up.”

“I was wasting my time, praying for love.For a love that never comes, from someone who does not exist.”

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

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

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

“Diazapam (that's valium), temazepam, lithium, ECT, HRT - how long must I stay on this stuff? Don't give me anymore!”

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

“These tears I'm wailing,I spill not without reason.Remove them, my dearest love.Take me to the place I've been dreaming of,where the grotesquely lonely meet the grotesquely lonelyand they whisper,just very softly,Please be mine, Dearest Love.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“God, come down, if you're really there -Well, you're the one who claims to care!”

“Why don't you find out for yourself?Then you'll see the glass, hidden in the grass.”

“We hate it when our friends become successful.”