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Steven Morrissey, born on May 22, 1959, is a renowned singer from Manchester, England. Known for his distinctive voice and poignant lyrics, he is one of the key figures in the British indie rock scene.

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“I like to think that there is a clear majority of people who's be supportive of the idea, It does save the existing industry. It does provide hundreds of millions of dollars for the Commonwealth.”

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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 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.”

“I don't think I've ever made a conscious effort to alter the sound. I don't see the point. I have to remain true to how I sing. I'm perfectly happy with what I am. Whatever that is.”

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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 for the rise of the artist. Not many labels want bands who have already made their mark, because their success is usually attributed to some other label somewhere else at another time.”

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“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.”

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“Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'.”

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“When I'm lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about death. And neither one particularly appeals to me.”

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“I think we were all initially swept along with the Obama win, but he's proven to be simply a set of teeth, and useless in every other regard.”

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“When you're younger, you see the people who are in power and think they must have that position because of some degree of skill. And as you get older, you realize it's not true, that most people in those positions are absolutely inept. And this naturally makes you feel better about yourself.”

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“The word 'indie' is meaningless now. It's so over-used that people think it simply means green hair.”

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“I think the pop chart today is entirely market-driven. And it has nothing to do with public taste. And it has nothing to do with moving music forward. It's simply a market chart.”

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“Because you wear a uniform, a smelly uniform...and so you think you can be rude to me.”

Thinking Uniforms Rude Smelly

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“Close your eyes, and think of someone you physically admire, and let me kiss you.”

Thinking Eye Kissing Let Me Admire

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“Sing your life; any fool can think of words that rhyme.”

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“I know by now you think I should have straightened myself out - Thank you, drop dead!”

Thinking Knows Should Should Have

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

Thinking Always Thinking

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“I do think it's possible to go through life and never fall in love, or find someone who loves you.”

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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 think I'm a realist. Which people who don't like me consider to be pessimism. It isn't pessimism at all. If I was a pessimist I wouldn't get up, I wouldn't shave, I wouldn't watch Batman at 7:30 a.m. Pessimists just don't do that sort of thing.”

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“I once bought a Manchester United hat, which I think was 12 shillings, and somebody ran up behind me and pulled it off and just ran ahead. I thought, 'It's a very cruel world, I'm not prepared for this'. And I decided to get my revenge on society.”

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“I am still my teenage self. If you think that we all step through a door marked Adult, or that we sign a Grown-Up Document, you’re quite wrong. We remain as we always were, and that, alas, is one of life’s many nasty tricks.”

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“I think flowers are very beautiful things. Very nice and innocent things. They don't harm anybody.”

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“I wish that Prince Charles had been shot. I think it would have made the world a more interesting place.”

Thinking World Made Wish Interesting Shots Outrageous Interesting Places

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“I don't want to go on much longer, really. I think that would suggest a lack of imagination. A certain lack of dignity also.”

Thinking Want Certain Imagination Goes On Dignity Personal Dignity

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“Eating meat is the most disgusting thing I can think of. It's like biting into your grandmother.”

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“I think perhaps I touch on a different passion in people. It’s not simple the passion of rock ‘n’ roll rebellion - it’s more romantic than sexual.”

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About the Author

Born: May 22, 1959
Known for: Singer
Quotes: 282

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