Quotes By Steven Patrick Morrissey

I'm not an anarchist, but I believe that people don't want the royal family - the so-called royal family.

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

The most common phrase bandied about these days is 'Oh my God'. People say it automatically all the time - not realising that that's a form of prayer.

Let lying dogs sleep is something I always say in reference to the Smiths.

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

If you walk through Knightsbridge on any bland day of the week you won't hear an English accent. You'll hear every accent under the sun apart from the British accent.

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

Pop music has progressed.

I normally live in Los Angeles, if you can call it normally living.

There's no such thing as good news in America.

I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make.

My talents do not lie in DIY.

Long hair is an unpardonable offence which should be punishable by death.

I'm cursed with the gift of foresight.

The solo years have been more meaningful to the audiences than the Smiths years, but the press in England only write about me in relation to the Smiths era.

I know I will never have a hit single in America.

It's always nice to receive a compliment.

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

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.

Often I feel I say too much.

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.

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

The Royal family to me are not England, and they are not the flag.

Killing a stag is like killing a child.

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

Lady Gaga said to me, 'You showed me how it's done.' I have no idea what she meant by 'it.'

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

Racism is beyond common sense and has no place in our society.

You are bound to pick up influences.

Reggae is vile.