Morrissey

Long hair is an unpardonable offence which should be punishable by death.

I've never intended to be controversial, but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.

You are bound to pick up influences.

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

In my opinion, the Republican Party is the last on the list to care about the needs of old people and children and poor people.