#mo

I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out. ↗

— Van Morrison

#comes #far #i #i always #i can

I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous. ↗

— Van Morrison

#before #famous #i #i am #ireland

When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to. There wasn't the distance or the separation that there is now. ↗

— Van Morrison

#i #more #now #people #playing

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. ↗

— Steven Morrissey

#celibate #consider #i #just #moment

Racism is beyond common sense and has no place in our society. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#common #common sense #our #place #racism

Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#although #anything #british #countries #disappears

I earn more than I thought I would when I became a poet. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#earn #i #more #poet #than

As London is suddenly promoted as a super-wealth brand, the England outside London shivers beneath cutbacks, tight circumstances and economic disasters. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#brand #circumstances #cutbacks #disasters #economic

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. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#because #cannot #emotion #even #find

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

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#belly #essential #famous #fire #meaningless