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

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.

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.

I feel undefinable actually.

I feel undefinable actually.

I hated the royal wedding.

I hated the royal wedding.

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.

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.

I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make.

I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make.

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.

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.

Obviously Madonna reinforces everything absurd and offensive.

Obviously Madonna reinforces everything absurd and offensive.

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.

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.

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

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

You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies.

You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies.

You have to, at least from a distance, look as if you know what you're doing, and I can manage that.

You have to, at least from a distance, look as if you know what you're doing, and I can manage that.

As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave... walking the plank... willingly... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful.