Di Morrissey Quotes

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

I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar.

Because you wear a uniform, a smelly uniform...and so you think you can be rude to me.

I have forgiven Jesus for all of the love he placed in me, when there's no one I can turn to with this love.

We hate it when our friends become successful.

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

My childhood is streets upon streets upon streets upon streets. Streets to define you and streets to confine you, with no sign of motorway, freeway or highway.

The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.

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

Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance.

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

I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere.

I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting.

I like to act because I can forget about everything else.

All actors think every job will be their last.

You want people to identify with the person on the screen or in the theater, but you don't want them to identify with you as a person.

I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up.

I'm a massive fan of Brit Art in general and Damien Hirst in particular. I think he's an absolute genius and should be celebrated in every way.

Liverpool will always be my home.

It's always good to find out what you don't want to do.

My house is very clean apart from a very small part of it that looks as if we've been burgled, which is my office.

I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.

I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library.

I've got a great family and a beautiful house. I feel very lucky as far as my lifestyle is concerned. I'm not really interested in fame and all its trappings.

I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year.

I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project.

All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five.

The word 'indie' is meaningless now. It's so over-used that people think it simply means green hair.

I was driving my car, I crashed and broke my spine. So yes there are things worse in life than never being someone's sweetie.

Well, I'm a Catholic by birth and you can never shed it.

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

Those Catholics, they really nab you when you're young.

I see myself rather like an old discarded dishrag.

That was the problem with the 'celibate' word because they don't consider for a moment that you'd rather not be, but you just are. I was never a sexual person.

It's the refuge for the mentally deficient. It's made by dull people for dull people.

One can have great concern for the people of Ethiopia, but it's another thing to inflict daily torture on the people of England.

Madonna is closer to organised prostitution than anything else.

You can't help but feel that the Chinese people are a subspecies.

I am hated for loving. I am haunted for wanting.

I would never, ever do anything as vulgar as having fun.

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

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

I think perhaps I touch on a different passion in people. It’s not simple the passion of rock ‘n’ roll rebellion - it’s more romantic than sexual.

Eating meat is the most disgusting thing I can think of. It's like biting into your grandmother.

Sing your life; any fool can think of words that rhyme.

I've gone through managers like people go through shredded wheat. Nobody looks after you.

I just feel that when all is said and done, I am not insane.

Denmark is sadly a hellish place if you happen to be a pig, but the brioche and fruits that tower on the table before me have me hastily attaching a feedbag.

You are a work of art.

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.