Steven Morrissey

Singer-Songwriter

Steven Morrissey is a British singer-songwriter known for his poignant lyrics and exploration of themes like love and identity, particularly in his work with The Smiths.

Born
May 22, 1959
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Rank
#1437

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"Oh yes, you can kick me And you can punch me And you can break my face But you won't change the way i feel 'cause i love you"

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"I think I must be, absolutely, a total sex object. In every sense of the word."

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"These tears I'm wailing, I spill not without reason. Remove them, my dearest love. Take me to the place I've been dreaming of, where the grotesquely lonely meet the grotesquely lonely and they whisper, just very softly, Please be mine, Dearest Love."

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"This position I've held ... it pays may way and it corrodes my soul."

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

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"One can have great concern for the people of Ethiopia, but it's another thing to inflict daily torture on the people of England."

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"It's the refuge for the mentally deficient. It's made by dull people for dull people."

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"That was the problem with the 'celibate' word because they don't consider for a moment that you'd rather not be, but you just are. I was never a sexual person."

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"The heart has a heart of its own."

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"My love, wherever you are - whatever you are - don't lose faith. I know it's gonna happen someday to you."

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"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."

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"I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar."

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"I see myself rather like an old discarded dishrag."

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"I still don't belong to anyone - I am mine."

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"The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless."

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"I would never, ever do anything as vulgar as having fun."

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"I am hated for loving. I am haunted for wanting."

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"I just feel that when all is said and done, I am not insane."

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