Steven Morrissey Quotes - Page 8

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• It doesn't stop. It really doesn't stop. It's the way I live every single day. I don't do anything else. I have no other interest other than music. At all.

  Steven Morrissey

  Way, Songwriting, Interest

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

  Steven Morrissey

  Iron

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• [I'll be the first one of the Smith to die.] I'll be shot - probably by one of the ex-Smiths.

  Steven Morrissey

  Firsts, Shots, Dies

  "GQ" Magazine, (p. 278), October 2005.

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• It takes strength to be gentle and kind.

  Steven Morrissey

  Success, Encouragement, Kind

  "Song: 'I Know It's Over'". 1986.

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• I like to think that there is a clear majority of people who's be supportive of the idea, It does save the existing industry. It does provide hundreds of millions of dollars for the Commonwealth.

  Steven Morrissey

  Thinking, Ideas, People

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• I don't dream about anyone - except myself

  Steven Morrissey

  Dream

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• I can get incredibly erotic about blotting paper.

  Steven Morrissey

  Erotic, Paper, I Can

  Star Hits (1985), as quoted in "McCartney and Morrissey: a match made in heaven?" by Rachel Holmes and Kate Carter, www.theguardian.com. December 3, 2009.

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• I've only been to Ireland once, and I felt I would wake up with voices in my head, almost like music, and that if I were a songwriter, I would be very inspired.

  Steven Morrissey

  Voice, Would Be, Wake Up

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

  Steven Morrissey

  Travel, Identity, Sweden

  "Morrissey vs NME: Mozgate Part II" by Dave Simpson, www.theguardian.com. November 28, 2007.

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• Even though I've been reasonably well known for quite a long time, I still can't get a record on daytime radio or on MTV.

  Steven Morrissey

  Mtv, Long, Records

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• I'm dramatically underexposed. I demand more attention!

  Steven Morrissey

  Attention, Demand

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• I always seem to be singing against the grain.

  Steven Morrissey

  Singing, Grain, Seems

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• 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.

  Steven Morrissey

  Christmas Card, Cards, Want

  "Song: 'Frankly Mr. Shankly'". 1986.

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• For the first time in my life the eternal 'I' becomes 'we', as, finally, I can get on with someone.

  Steven Morrissey

  I Can

  "Autobiography". Book by Steven Morrissey, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2013.

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• Well, the problem I've had with all the interviews I've had in America - I had meetings with about nine labels - and they all say to me "Will your new songs fit in with what is popular and what is in the chart?" And I say "Good God, I hope not!"

  Steven Morrissey

  Song, America, Labels

  Radio Interview with Janice Long, 2002.

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

  Steven Morrissey

  Animal, Simple, Animal Love

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• 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.

  Steven Morrissey

  Girl, Mother, Ale

  "Song: 'Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others'". 1986.

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• I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make, and I believe it has an important place. Others do, too, and the thousands of people with Morrissey tattoos certainly proves something.

  Steven Morrissey

  Tattoo, Believe, Pride

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• 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.

  Steven Morrissey

  Marketing, Gertrude, Would Be

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• 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.

  Steven Morrissey

  Years, Decline, Years Of Life

  "Morrissey’s Letter On South America Explains Health Problem, Canceled Show", www.huffingtonpost.com. July 14, 2013.

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• 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.

  Steven Morrissey

  Dog, Cat, Caring

  "Morrissey reignites racism row by calling Chinese a 'subspecies'" by Alexandra Topping, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2010.

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• It's always nice to receive a compliment.

  Steven Morrissey

  Nice, Compliment

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• War, I thought, was the most negative aspect of male heterosexuality. If more men were homosexual, there would be no wars, because homosexual men would never kill other men, whereas heterosexual men love killing other men.

  Steven Morrissey

  War, Men, Heterosexuality Is

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• Not everybody is absolutely stupid. Why on earth would I be racist, what would I be trying to achieve?

  Steven Morrissey

  Stupid, Trying, Racist

  "The Importance of Being Morrissey". Documentary, Biography, Music, 2003.

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• The Smiths was an incredibly personal thing to me. It was like launching your own diary to music.

  Steven Morrissey

  Diaries, Launching, Personal Things

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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