Morrissey Quotes

Morrissey

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 22, 1959

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.

Morrissey

You are bound to pick up influences.

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I would find the idea of compiling a setlist that doesn't wildly excite me to be too restricting.

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I don't know what I am.

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It could be construed that the reason I wouldn't wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that's not true at all.

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I know L.A. well, but it's a police state.

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I earn more than I thought I would when I became a poet.

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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.

Morrissey

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

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I find that it isn't wise to attempt to judge people on their public persona, and even on the music they make. Because I've met so many people whose music I cannot stand, and they're very nice. At the same time, I've met people whose music I've loved, and they're not the person you've invested all this emotion in.

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I think the pop chart today is entirely market-driven. And it has nothing to do with public taste. And it has nothing to do with moving music forward. It's simply a market chart.

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Pop music has progressed.

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I'm a traditionalist.

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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.

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I don't necessarily think that the world should know everything, and even if you consider yourself to be extremely honest, that doesn't mean you have to blurt everything out all the time.

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Everything about my life is private, really. I'm not so sure that any of it has ever been public.

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It's so tedious that everyone must be defined.

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

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People don't like me.

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The Queen is the ultimate dictator.

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