Di Morrissey Quotes

Oh yes, you can kick me And you can punch me And you can break my face But you won't change the way i feel 'cause i love you

When they bury me in a church and chuck earth on my grave, I'd like the words 'Well, at least he tried' engraved on my tombstone.

Sometimes I wish I was just a simple drunkard.

He [Elton John] is pushing his face in all the time and telling us about his private life. Nobody's interested. He should just go away.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I didn't really see the British punk movement, if that's what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to all the New York music since 1973, really.

Letting cats and dogs have litters is tantamount to shooting shelter animals in the head since it kills their chances of adoption. Please do the right thing and spay or neuter your animals.

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

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

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

I believe the NME have deliberately tried to characterise me as a racist in a recent interview in order to boost their circulation. I abhor racism and cruelty of any kind and will not let this pass.

Rush to danger; wind up nowhere.

I'm tired again, I've tried again, and now my heart is full. And I just can't explain...so I won't even try to.

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

Because ENOUGH is TOO MUCH! And look around ...can you blame us?!

It was probably nothing, but it felt like the world.

The only thing that could possibly save British politics would be Margaret Thatcher's assassin.

I always thought my genitals were the result of some crude practical joke.

Satan rejected my soul; as low as he goes, he never quite goes this low.

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

When you sleep I will creep Into your thoughts Like a bad debt That you can't pay Take the easy way and give in!

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

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

You made me feel less alone; you made me feel not quite so deformed, uninformed and hunchbacked.

And make no mistake, my friend, your pointless life will end; but before you go, can you look at the truth?

If met Vic Reeves, I'd have no desire other than to smack him in the face.

Young bones groan And the rocks below say, "Throw your white body down!" But I'm going to meet the one I love At last

They are very tame to me. God bless Noel, I'm sure he'll always have a spot on 'Bob's Full House', but I search for something with more bite and rage.

There are more than enough to fight and oppose; why waste good time fighting the people you like?

In England, pop music seems now to be exclusively for children. If an artist is no good, why is it necessary to have that artist repeatedly rammed in our face?

[Sigmund Freud] just made people feel so neurotic about their lives. I mean, if you dreamt about a lampshade, it meant you wanted to be whipped by the local vicar or something.

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.

I've always assumed there's a dark river flowing beneath my fans' desires.

Hold on to your friends. Resist - or move on Be mad, be rash Smoke and explode Sell all of your clothes Just bear in mind: There just might come a time When you need some friends

With people in the world such as 'Jamie Oliver' and [TV chef] Clarissa Dickson-Wright there isn't much hope for animals.

Yes I have had a tan, actually. I went to Los Angeles and got one there, but it didn't make it back to Britain. You're not allowed to come through customs with a tan.

I used to dream, and I used to vow; I wouldn't dream of it now.

I'm just happy being dumpy. Dumpy, fat and middle-aged.

Burn down the disco Hang the blessed D.J. Because the music that they constantly play It says nothing to me about my life

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

I'm dramatically underexposed. I demand more attention!

I don't dream about anyone - except myself

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

Now I know how Joan of Arc felt, As the flames rose to her Roman nose And her Walkman started to melt...

I can get incredibly erotic about blotting paper.

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.