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

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" The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the now quite enormous, wasteful and useless 'royal' family. I find it very sad. "

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

" Killing a stag is like killing a child. "

" 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. "

" That's why I do this music business thing, it's communication with people without having the extreme inconvenience of actually phoning anybody up. "

" Often I feel I say too much. "

" 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'. "

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

" Well, I'm a Catholic by birth and you can never shed it. "

" I don't iron anything. Never have and never will. "

" 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. "

" I've only been to Ireland once, and I felt I would wake up with voices in my head, almost like music, and that if I were a songwriter, I would be very inspired. "

" I do think it's possible to go through life and never fall in love, or find someone who loves you. "

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

" The Royal family to me are not England, and they are not the flag. "

" I still prefer horses to human beings. "

" When you're younger, you see the people who are in power and think they must have that position because of some degree of skill. And as you get older, you realize it's not true, that most people in those positions are absolutely inept. And this naturally makes you feel better about yourself. "

" If anyone has seen the horrific and unwatchable footage of the Chinese cat and dog trade - animals skinned alive - then they could not possibly argue in favour of China as a caring nation. There are no animal protection laws in China and this results in the worst animal abuse and cruelty on the planet. It is indefensible. "

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

" 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. "

" I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group. "

" I began to go to concerts when I was 12 years old. "

" Any criticism of Thatcher throws a dangerously absurd light on the entire machinery of British politics. Thatcher's name must be protected, not because of all the wrong that she had done, but because the people around her allowed her to do it. "

" I am slightly shocked to have gone as far as I have. "

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

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