Song Quotes by Steven Morrissey

9 Song quotes by Steven Morrissey

Steven Morrissey’s nine concise statements on song carry his trademark wistful tone and lyrical introspection. Though modest in size, the collection offers a quick glimpse into his melancholic yet poetic view of music.

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I lost myself to music at a very early age, and I remained there.

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I am stuck in the dream of an album that sells well not because of marketing, but because people like the songs.

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I have so much pride and love for the songs of The Smiths. However, I must ask you, if you come across…

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Well, the problem I've had with all the interviews I've had in America - I had meetings with about nine labels -…

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The Internet has obviously wiped music off the human map - killed the record shop, and killed the patience of labels who…

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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…

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I think labels for the most part want to sign new discoveries so that that label alone is seen to be responsible…

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The passing of time and all of its crimes is making me sad again. The passing of time and all of its…

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Obviously, it's designed by record company executives who want a cheap success, and they don't want to give money to anybody and…

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Sometimes I wish I was just a simple drunkard.

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Bob Geldof is a nauseating character. Band Aid was the most self-righteous platform ever in the history of popular music.

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But sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled making Christmas cards with the mentally ill. I want to live and I want to love. I want…

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Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life that you'd like to.

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I think I must be, absolutely, a total sex object. In every sense of the word.

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

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I can smell burning flesh... and I hope to God it's human.

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Everyday is like Sunday Everyday is silent and grey

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