Morrissey Quotes

Morrissey

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 22, 1959

Any criticism of Thatcher throws a dangerously absurd light on the entire machinery of British politics. Thatcher's name must be protected, not because of all the wrong that she had done, but because the people around her allowed her to do it.

Morrissey

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

Morrissey

I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? The 'dazzling royals' have, quite naturally, hi-jacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press.

Morrissey

When you're younger, you see the people who are in power and think they must have that position because of some degree of skill. And as you get older, you realize it's not true, that most people in those positions are absolutely inept. And this naturally makes you feel better about yourself.

Morrissey

I'm fascinated by people in their eighties and nineties. Especially those who are still creating and living in an interesting way. I am fascinated by them because they have so much to say now that they've lived for so long.

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

I have found the best way to avoid ending your life as a bitter wreck is to start out as one.

Morrissey

Killing a stag is like killing a child. What's the difference?

Morrissey

You may not realize this, but people have the power to change the world.

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

The paradox is that 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.

Morrissey

I think we were all initially swept along with the Obama win, but he's proven to be simply a set of teeth, and useless in every other regard.

Morrissey

British politics, as the world knows, is a joke. Yet it's rarely funny.

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