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Quotes from… Morrissey

In the first instalment of our new feature, Exeposé Music brings you the best (or worst?) quotes from the provocative PETA-loving pop icon.

Did I say that? Photo Credit: stereogun.com
Did I say that?
Photo Credit: stereogun.com

On luscious locks:

“Long hair is an unpardonable offense which should be punishable by death. If if your hair is wrong, your entire life is wrong.”

On making it in the music industry:

“The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Bublé — famous and meaningless.”

On performing:

“It’s communication with people without having the extreme inconvenience of actually phoning anybody up.”

On munching meat:

“Eating meat is really on the same moral level as child abuse. It’s the same thing. Animals are like children, they look to us for protection.

On the futility of life:

“Life is a difficult business, and most people find it to be actually impossible… even Jesus only made it to 33.”

On his legacy:

“If I were knocked down tomorrow by a passing train, I would be considered the most important artist ever in the history of English pop music. That’s just a rough guess.”

On animal cruelty in China:

“You can’t help but feel that the Chinese people are a subspecies.”

On the aromatic atmosphere at Coachella:

“The smell of burning animals is making me sick. I can smell burning flesh . . . and I hope to God it’s human.”

On Maggie:

“The entire history of Margaret Thatcher is one of violence and oppression and horror.”

On endangered species:

“The rhino is now more or less extinct, and it’s not because of global warming or shrinking habitats. It’s because of Beyonce’s handbags.”

On dance music:

“It’s the refuge for the mentally deficient. It’s made by dull people for dull people.”

On Madonna:

“Madonna reinforces everything absurd and offensive. Desperate womanhood. Madonna is closer to organised prostitution than anything else.”

On that moment when you approach the one and words fail you:

“But then a strange fear gripped me, and I just couldn’t ask.”

Website of the week- official idiocy

Picture credits to Boodoo
Picture credits to Boodoo

There is nothing more delightful (or worrying, depending on which way you look at it), than hearing someone important saying something, well, unimportant. George W. Bush was a prime example of this. He was in one of the world’s most powerful positions but one might argue that his words did not really reflect this.

When he spoke of education, he made his point of view very clear to his nation: “You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.” -Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001.

If for one moment we can ignore the inclination to be angered by the, how shall we put this, wise words of those running our world, we may find light amusement in what officials have to say for themselves. If anything, it makes us feel a bit better about ourselves.

There are hundreds of websites dedicated to people who are prone to a few slip-ups, even though most of them will happily do the job for themselves on Twitter. One such website that is worth a visit however, is a tumblr blog- Officials Say the Darndest Things.

Kate Townend

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