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The Smiths

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The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, composed of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums). Morrissey and Marr formed the band's songwriting partnership.

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About The Smiths

The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, composed of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums). Morrissey and Marr formed the band's songwriting partnership. The Smiths are regarded as one of the most important British bands and one of the pioneers of 1980s independent music.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by The Smiths

Has the world changed or have I changed? Some nine year old tough who peddles drugs.

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A crack on the head is what you get for not asking, and a crack on the head is what you get…

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By the way, I never liked your face.

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“And if a double-decker bus crashes into us. To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die.”

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“Sing me to sleep, sing me to sleep. I'm tired and I want to go to bed. SIng me to sleep, sing…

Asleep

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He killed a policeman when he was thirteen, and somehow that really impressed me.

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You can kick me and you can punch me and you break my face, but you can't change the way that I…

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The turkey you festively slice is murder.

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He comes sliding down the banister, the vicar in a tutu. He's not strange, he just wants to live his life this…

Life

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Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body?

Psychology

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Keats and Yeats are on your side, but you lose because Wilde is on mine.

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If I seem a little strange, that's because I am.

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I broke into the palace with a sponge and a rusty spanner. She said, I know you and you cannot sing, I…

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I'd like to drop my trousers to the world, I am a man of means.

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“and if a double-decker bus crashes into us to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die and if…

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Ask me why and I'll spit in your eye.

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Her very lowness with a head in a sling.

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“under the iron bridge we kissed and although I ended up with sore lips it just wasn't like the old days anymore.…

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Shoplifters of the world unite and take over.

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“Send me the pillow, the one that you dream on.”

Dream

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I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday, because you're evil.

Birthday

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“And in the darkened underpass, I thought oh God, my chance has come at last.”

Oh god

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I know I'm unlovable, you don't have to tell me. I don't have much in my life, but take it, it's yours.

Life

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It's so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind.

Being kind

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There'll be blood on the cleaver tonight.

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