Steven Morrissey

"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."

"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'."

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

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

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

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