“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.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayWantGivingWellsMeanMadeProblemKidsArtistCompanyRecordsThis WorldPopsMade ItTeenagerExecutivesContractsIdolsRecord CompaniesInexpensiveNoddingMime Author:Steven Morrissey
“Well, the problem I've had with all the interviews I've had in America - I had meetings with about nine labels - and they all say to me "Will your new songs fit in with what is popular and what is in the chart?" And I say "Good God, I hope not!"” WellsProblemAmericaSongFitMeetingsNineLabelsInterviewsGood GodNew Songs Author:Steven Morrissey
“I never enjoyed life in my twenties, not one minute of it. It was a test of endurance that I'm surprised I survived. Professionally, of course, I was doing very well but personally it couldn't have been worse or more difficult for me if I'd been living in a mud hut in Leeds.” IfsWellsHas BeensCoursesDifficultMinutesTestsTwentiesEnjoyedEnduranceSurvivedMudOne MinuteHutsLeeds Author:Steven Morrissey
“The fascinating thing about human beings is that they don't last, and everything eventuates, and everything is very, very brief. And even if you do manage to look reasonably well as you age, unfortunately you are attacked at every level by illness and so forth. It's a fact of life.” IfsHumansWellsLooksFactsAgeLastsHuman BeingsLevelsIllnessManageFascinatingFacts Of Life Author:Steven Morrissey
“I am stuck in the dream of an album that sells well not because of marketing, but because people like the songs.” PeopleWellsDreamSongSellsMarketingAlbumsStuck Author:Steven Morrissey
“And if I seem a little strange Well, that's because I am” IfsWellsLittlesSeemsStrange Author:Steven Morrissey
“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.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWantFeelsTryingBelieveWellsDifferentBigsMovingGrowsForeverGrowing UpSeriousPersonalityBearsTeenagerDifferent WaysVery StrongShortcomings Author:Steven Morrissey
“I've always done quite well as far as the charts are concerned. And yet I always felt I conveyed the spirit of the music I love, which didn't have any chart success.” WellsDoneSpiritFeltConcerned Author:Steven Morrissey
“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'.” ThinkingGivingWellsHardAgeMadProportion Author:Steven Morrissey
“Well, I'm a Catholic by birth and you can never shed it.” WellsBirthCatholicShed Author:Steven Morrissey
“Even though I've been reasonably well known for quite a long time, I still can't get a record on daytime radio or on MTV.” WellsLongStillsKnownRecordsLong TimeRadioWell KnownMtvDaytime Author:Steven Morrissey
“God, come down, if you're really there - Well, you're the one who claims to care!” IfsWellsCareClaims Author:Steven Morrissey
“Well, I am an extremely beautiful person.” WellsPersonsBeautifulMemorableBeautiful Person Author:Steven Morrissey
“When they bury me in a church and chuck earth on my grave, I'd like the words 'Well, at least he tried' engraved on my tombstone.” WellsEarthChurchGravesMemorableChuckTombstoneEngraved Author:Steven Morrissey
“Whenever I’d overhear how people found me to be ‘a bit much’ (which is the gentle way of saying the word ‘unbearable’), I understood why. To myself I would say: Well, yes of course I’m a bit much — if I weren’t, I would not be lit up by so many lights.” PeopleIfsWayWellsLightAbleCoursesFoundBitsGentleLit Author:Steven Morrissey
