Top 250 Steven Morrissey Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “You either approve of violence or you don’t, and nothing on earth is more violent or extreme than the meat industry.”

— Steven Morrissey

52. “I see the world, it makes me puke, But then I look at you and know, that somewhere there’s a someone who can soothe me.”

— Steven Morrissey

53. “The rhino is now more or less extinct, and it’s not because of global warming or shrinking habitats. It’s because of Beyonce’s handbags.”

— Steven Morrissey

54. “Life would be so colourful if only I had a drink problem.”

— Steven Morrissey

55. “You can’t help but feel that the Chinese people are a subspecies.”

— Steven Morrissey

56. “We Hate William and Kate.”

— Steven Morrissey

57. “I can chase you, and I can catch you, but there is nothing I can do to make you mine.”

— Steven Morrissey

58. “And if you ever need self-validation, Just meet me in the alley by the railway station.”

— Steven Morrissey

59. “Most people keep their brains between their legs.”

— Steven Morrissey

60. “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.”

— Steven Morrissey

61. “Life is a very serious business for the simple reason that nobody dies laughing.”

— Steven Morrissey

62. “And if I seem a little strange Well, that’s because I am.”

— Steven Morrissey

63. “I don’t mind if you forget me. Having learned my lesson, I never left an impression on anyone.”

— Steven Morrissey

64. “Robert Smith is a whingebag.”

— Steven Morrissey

65. “I do maintain that if your hair is wrong, your entire life is wrong.”

— Steven Morrissey

66. “Madonna reinforces everything absurd and offensive. Desperate womanhood. Madonna is closer to organized prostitution than anything else.”

— Steven Morrissey

67. “I can’t believe I’m 29. Where did the years go? Why did the years go?”

— Steven Morrissey

68. “Work is a four-letter word.”

— Steven Morrissey

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

— Steven Morrissey

70. “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.”

— Steven Morrissey

71. “Whoever says The Smiths have split shall be severely spanked by me with a wet plimsoll.”

— Steven Morrissey

72. “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.”

— Steven Morrissey

73. “The brain speculates but the heart knows.”

— Steven Morrissey

74. “All human activity is fruitless when pitted against the girls and boys singing on pop television, for they have found the answer as the rest of us search for the question. I will sing, too. If not, I will have to die.”

— Steven Morrissey

75. “It doesn’t stop. It really doesn’t stop. It’s the way I live every single day. I don’t do anything else. I have no other interest other than music. At all.”

— Steven Morrissey

76. “Why pamper life’s complexities when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?”

— Steven Morrissey

77. “I have so much pride and love for the songs of The Smiths. However, I must ask you, if you come across any Smiths CDs, don’t buy them, because all the money goes to that wretched drummer.”

— Steven Morrissey

78. “I was wasting my life, always thinking about myself.”

— Steven Morrissey

79. “Rejection is one thing – but rejection from a fool is cruel.”

— Steven Morrissey

80. “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.”

— Steven Morrissey

81. “It’s always nice to receive a compliment.”

— Steven Morrissey

82. “I have an unswayable obsession with death. If there was a magical pill that one could take that would retire you from the world, I would take it.”

— Steven Morrissey

83. “Artists aren’t really people. And I’m actually 40 per cent papier mache.”

— Steven Morrissey

84. “I’ve never intended to be controversial but it’s very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.”

— Steven Morrissey

85. “Humans are not really very humane.”

— Steven Morrissey

86. “Well, I am an extremely beautiful person.”

— Steven Morrissey

87. “Don’t leave it all unsaid, somewhere in the wasteland of your head.”

— Steven Morrissey

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

— Steven Morrissey

89. “And though I walk home alone, my faith in love is still devout.”

— Steven Morrissey

90. “Disappointment came to me, and booted me, and bruised and hurt me, but that’s how people grow up.”

— Steven Morrissey

91. “We hate it when our friends become successful.”

— Steven Morrissey

92. “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.”

— Steven Morrissey

93. “Life is a pigsty.”

— Steven Morrissey

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

— Steven Morrissey

95. “I don’t like myself very much as a person, but I’m proud of what I create.”

— Steven Morrissey

96. “God, come down, if you’re really there – Well, you’re the one who claims to care!”

— Steven Morrissey

97. “You are a work of art.”

— Steven Morrissey

98. “If you love animals, obviously it doesn’t make sense to hurt them.”

— Steven Morrissey

99. “The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble – famous and meaningless.”

— Steven Morrissey

100. “They said they respect me, which means, their judgment is crazy.”

— Steven Morrissey