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" The Queen is the ultimate dictator. "

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" I still prefer horses to human beings. "

" Not everybody is absolutely stupid. Why on earth would I be racist, what would I be trying to achieve? "

" Whether it be Beyonce or Justin Bieber, we see singers who have absolutely nothing to offer anyone as they walk off stage clutching three Grammys in each hand. "

" 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. "

" The paradox is that I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make, and I believe it has an important place. Others do, too, and the thousands of people with Morrissey tattoos certainly proves something. "

" I'm not an anarchist, but I believe that people don't want the royal family - the so-called royal family. "

" The Smiths was an incredibly personal thing to me. It was like launching your own diary to music. "

" There has to reach a point where you've said enough. "

" I find that it isn't wise to attempt to judge people on their public persona, and even on the music they make. Because I've met so many people whose music I cannot stand, and they're very nice. At the same time, I've met people whose music I've loved, and they're not the person you've invested all this emotion in. "

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

" My family, although they're very large on both my parents' sides, they don't know much about their family tree. Occasionally, they try to dig, but they can't get very far, and it's baffling. In Dublin, it seems that so many public records were wiped out; it's proven to be very difficult, so I know very little. "

" Once somebody is known, it seems as though anybody anywhere can say anything about them. Whereas if I simply stopped someone in the street and criticised their clothes, their work, their parents, their inner being, I'd be sued and I'd be thrown in prison. "

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

" I have found the best way to avoid ending your life as a bitter wreck is to start out as one. "

" Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes - they don't determine how you live your life! You're either marvellous or you're boring, regardless of your age. "

" It's always nice to receive a compliment. "

" My parents were worried about me, certainly when I became so deeply interested in music and people like the New York Dolls who, at the time, were very peculiar indeed. "

" You may not realize this, but people have the power to change the world. "

" Smiths songs certainly have an astonishing afterlife. "

" 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. "

" 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'. "

" Reggae is vile. "

" Let lying dogs sleep is something I always say in reference to the Smiths. "

" It's so tedious that everyone must be defined. "

" If you love animals, obviously it doesn't make sense to hurt them. "

" What's the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning? Wish I hadn't. "

" I don't think I'm ever forgiven for anything, which is baffling because I'm not on TV that much. "

" I don't necessarily think that the world should know everything, and even if you consider yourself to be extremely honest, that doesn't mean you have to blurt everything out all the time. "

" Artists aren't really people. And I'm actually 40 per cent papier mache. "