Quotes by Morrissey

About Morrissey:

Steven Patrick Morrissey is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions. His first solo album, 1988's Viva Hate, entered the UK Albums Chart at number one.
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Such meeting reveal that which we all darkly suspect about those whose art we have loved: that they are unlikely to be whatever it is we imagine them to be.

Morrissey

I don't perform. Seals perform.

Morrissey

With no reason to hide these words I feel, and no reason to talk about the books I read, but still, I do.

Morrissey

I understand feminism to be a social savior because it liberates everyone without exclusion, whereas masculinism damns itself by measuring a man's health by the amount of sexual gratification he receives.

Morrissey

With the world's fate resting on your shoulder - you're gonna need someone on your side. You can't do it by yourself any longer - you're gonna need someone on your side.

Morrissey

I hate most people. And I don’t want to, it’s an awful way to be. But the human race gives me no comfort. I find myself turning to books and films for comfort still. It’s repulsive, because one’s life consists of people, not things.

Morrissey

Don't leave it all unsaid, somewhere in the wasteland of your head.

Morrissey

How can anybody say they know how I feel? The only one around here who is me, is ME.

Morrissey

You're not right in the head, and nor am I, and this is why....this is why I like you.

Morrissey

I still don't belong to anyone - I am mine.

Morrissey

Tried living in the real world instead of a shell, but I was bored before I even began.

Morrissey

Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me. No hope, no harm; just another false alarm

Morrissey

Disappointment came to me, and booted me, and bruised and hurt me, but that's how people grow up.

Morrissey

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

Morrissey

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour, but heaven knows I'm miserable now.

Morrissey

To me you are a work of art, and I would give you my heart - that's if I had one.

Morrissey

It begins in the heart...and it hurts when it's true. It only hurts because it's true.

Morrissey

Now this might disturb you, but I find I'm OK by myself; and I don't need you or your benevolence to make sense.

Morrissey

I was wasting my time, praying for love. For a love that never comes, from someone who does not exist.

Morrissey

The heart has a heart of its own.

Morrissey

Author Bio

  • NameMorrissey
  • DescriptionEnglish singer
  • BornMay 22, 1959
  • CountryEngland
  • ProfessionComposer; Singer; Poet; Musician; Singer-songwriter; Autobiographer