Steven Morrissey
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Steven Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey, professionally known only as Morrissey, is an English singer, songwriter and author. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the indie rock band The Smiths, which was active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, Morrissey has had a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions...
sick graves traveler
Even I, as sick as I am, I would never be you. Even I, sick and depraved, a traveler to the grave, I would never be you.
reform vegetarian testicles
I would rather eat my own testicles than reform The Smiths, and that's saying something for a vegetarian.
tombstone memorable church
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.
proud persons
I don't like myself very much as a person, but I'm proud of what I create.
dimensions cures crap
The Cure: A new dimension of the word 'crap'.
valentines-day art valentine
You are a work of art.
things-in-life normal
There is no such thing in life as normal
teenager mean kids
(About Pop Idols) Obviously, it's designed by record company executives who want a cheap success, and they don't want to give money to anybody and they don't want to give contracts, so they've created this world of very bubbly teenagers who want to be "idols" and they think all they have to do is mime quite well and they've made it. ... But it's not the problem of the kids, it's the problem of the record companies, because it's just an inexpensive way for them to have so-called, I won't say "artists", but erm...You're nodding, you know what I mean.
growing-up teenager believe
Well, I think the way you feel as a teenager stays with you, forever. I really believe that. And we try to change and we hope that we change, but we don't really in big ways, in serious ways. I think the personality is formed at that time, for the good and for the bad. ... We all want to grow up and move on and appear to be different to people. And we want people to see us in a different way. But, I don't know, I think the personality is very, very strongly cemented, and we just bear whatever shortcomings we have and learn to live with it.
problem moments considerate
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.
erotic paper i-can
I can get incredibly erotic about blotting paper.
wrecks way bitter
I have found the best way to avoid ending your life as a bitter wreck is to start out as one.
diaries launching personal-things
The Smiths was an incredibly personal thing to me. It was like launching your own diary to music.
shoes ethical difficult
I find shoes difficult to be ethical about...