Once somebody is known, it seems as though anybody anywhere can say anything about them. Whereas if I simply stopped someone in the street and criticised their clothes, their work, their parents, their inner being, I'd be sued and I'd be thrown in prison.

Morrissey

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

Morrissey

The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the now quite enormous, wasteful and useless 'royal' family. I find it very sad.

Morrissey

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

Morrissey

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

Morrissey

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.

Morrissey

Life's full of tricky snakes and ladders.

Morrissey

Peru, Peru. My heart's lighthouse.

Morrissey

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

Morrissey

We're all lonely, but I'd rather be lonely by myself than with a long list of duties and obligations. I think that's why people kill themselves, really.

Morrissey

Each year of life brings us nearer to our decline, but I will continue to seek a listener until I'm dead in a ditch.

Morrissey

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.

Morrissey

Reggae is vile.

Morrissey

Racism is beyond common sense and has no place in our society.

Morrissey

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

Morrissey

All of us, ultimately, we're not that interesting, when it comes down to it.

Morrissey

My talents do not lie in DIY.

Morrissey

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

Morrissey

My parents were worried about me, certainly when I became so deeply interested in music and people like the New York Dolls who, at the time, were very peculiar indeed.

Morrissey

I'm cursed with the gift of foresight.

Morrissey

I don't want to get too involved in marketing budgets, online promotions and download set-ups because it would be a bit like Gertrude Stein mapping out a TV campaign. I want to sing. I want visibility. I am essentially Al Martino, not Seymour Stein.

Morrissey