Morrissey: Citations en anglais
“It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind.”
from the 1986 song "I Know It's Over"
From songs
from "The cradle snatchers", article by Frank Worrall, Melody Maker (3 September 1983)
In interviews etc., About life and death
“There is no such thing in life as normal”
Ref: en.wikiquote.org - Lauretta Bender / Quotes / 1954 Senate Subcommittee Hearings into Juvenile Delinquency, "Testimony of Dr. Lauretta Bender, senior psychiatrist, Belleveu hospital Newyork N.Y." http://www.thecomicbooks.com/bender.html
From songs
From "I’ll astonish you", interview by Len Brown, Details (March 1991).
In interviews etc., About himself and his work
from "I've always felt like an exile" by Andrew Billen in The Times (30th May 2006)
In interviews etc., About love
“I can smell burning flesh … and I hope to God it's human.”
"… midway through his performance, he was overcome with fumes from the backstage barbecue." - Tim Jonze Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/20/morrissey-coachella-meat-fumes/. Live at Coachella festival, California (2009)
In Concert
From "Home thoughts from abroad", article by Frank Owen, Melody Maker (27 Sep 1986)
In interviews etc., About other artists
“Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body?
I dunno…”
From the song "Still Ill"
From songs
From the TV documentary The Importance of Being Morrissey (2003)
In interviews etc., About himself and his work
Speaking on Radio 2 in 2009
In interviews etc., About pop culture
from the 2004 song "Irish Blood, English Heart"
From songs
“I find Christmas very difficult”
Morrissey's reply to a fan's question "What do you think of Christmas?" at Earl's Court 18th December 2004[citation needed]
In Concert
Autobiography
From the song "These Things Take Time"
From songs
“I say a lot of things I don’t mean.”
interview by Andrew Harrison, Word Magazine (June 2003)
In interviews etc., About interviews
From "My gilded prison", interview by J. C. Panek, L'Indic magazine https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Indic_magazine (November 1997).
In interviews etc., About love
The Interview https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/234417-the-interview, June 24 2019, morrisseycentral.com
About the Notre Dame fire
from the 1984 song "How Soon Is Now?"
From songs
“Why pamper life's complexity when the leather runs smooth on the passenger's seat?”
from the 1984 song "This Charming Man"
From songs
“I'll try to sing as fast as I can, I know you all can't wait to see U2.”
Glastonbury Festival, 2011
In Concert
On Later With Jools Holland (21 May 2004)
About the Notre Dame fire, Odds & Ends
from the song "How Soon Is Now?"
From songs
From a Norwegian TV interview (2002)
In interviews etc., About vegetarianism and animals
And I say "Good God, I hope not!"
From a radio interview with Janice Long (2002)
In interviews etc., About pop culture
“There's more to life than books you know, but not much more”
from the song "Handsome Devil"
From songs
from an interview for El Mundo (2014), regarding the announcement of Morrissey's cancer diagnosis
In interviews etc., About life and death
from "Homme alone 2" by David Keeps, Details (December 1992)
About the Notre Dame fire, Odds & Ends
