I find shoes difficult to be ethical about...
Pass the pub that wrecks your body And the church, all they want is your money.
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.
I didn’t really see the British punk movement, if that’s what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to all the New York music since 1973, really.
Letting cats and dogs have litters is tantamount to shooting shelter animals in the head since it kills their chances of adoption. Please do the right thing and spay or neuter your animals.
The sorrow of the IRA Brighton bombing is that Thatcher escaped unscathed.
I wish that Prince Charles had been shot. I think it would have made the world a more interesting place.
We Hate William and Kate.
There is no such thing in life as normal.
There are more than enough to fight and oppose; why waste good time fighting the people you like?
The solo years have been more meaningful to the audiences than the Smiths years, but the press in England only write about me in relation to the Smiths era.
You are bound to pick up influences.
The Royal family to me are not England, and they are not the flag.
It could be construed that the reason I wouldn’t wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that’s not true at all.
If you travel to Germany, it’s still absolutely Germany. If you travel to Sweden, it still has a Swedish identity.
I began to go to concerts when I was 12 years old.
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.
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.
What’s the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning? Wish I hadn’t.
The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble – famous and meaningless.