From an early age, he was a lonely and faint-hearted boy who was passionate about music, films, and books. His mother was a librarian who nurtured his love for the written word, and his father was a hospital janitor. His favorite writers were Oscar Wilde and John Keats.
Being an avid reader wasn’t enough, he also became a writer who published works on James Dean, and his favorite band, The New York Dolls. He was such a keen follower of this glam rock group, he was even president of the UK fan club. As a connaisseur of music, he wrote letters to Melody Maker, a British weekly pop/rock music newspaper, one of the world’s earliest music weeklies
In the past decades, Steven Patrick Morrissey has become an icon of the British music scene. Born in 1959, he is the symbol of melancholy, and lyrical poetry. In the 80s, next to the guitarist Johnny Marr, he became the leader of the legendary and nostalgic band: The Smiths.
Prior to being the leader of The Smiths, Morrissey was briefly the vocalist of other punk bands like Slaughter & The Dogs and Nosebleeds. Unable to find the success he wanted, he quickly left them.
Skipping past the old story of rivalry between Morrissey and Marr, Moz began his career as as solo artist. Even though his achievements are not comparable to the ones he obtained in his golden years, he has given us many songs and quotes that will forever be engraved in our hearts and souls.
Some of our favorite Morrisey quotes are:
“Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me. No hope, no harm; just another false alarm.”
“You’re not right in the head, and nor am I, and this is why….this is why I like you.”
“To me you are a work of art, and I would give you my heart – that’s if I had one.”
“How can anybody say they know how I feel? The only one around here who is me, is ME.”
“Don’t talk to me about people who are nice, ‘cause I’ve spent my whole life in ruins over people who are nice.”
“Rejection is one thing – but rejection from a fool is cruel.”
“I am hated for loving. I am haunted for wanting.”
“I see the world, it makes me puke, But then I look at you and know, that somewhere there’s a someone who can soothe me.”
“There’s so much destruction all over the world – and all you can do is complain about ME!”
“America is not the world.”
“I don’t like myself very much as a person, but I’m proud of what I create.”
“And if you have five seconds to spare, I’ll tell you the story of my life.”
“Life is a pigsty.”
“There is more to life than books. But not much more.”
“I’d rather be remembered as a big-mouthed failure than an effete little wimp.”
“Music is like a drug, but there are no rehabilitation centres.”
“The brain speculates but the heart knows.”
“The preachers preach and the sinners sin sincerely.”
“David Bowie is detached from everything, yet open to everything; stripped of the notion that both art and life are impossible.”
“There’s no reason, to talk about the books I read. But still I do.”
