Steven Patrick Morrissey Quotes

There is no privilege in restriction. In other words, I disagree with people who say restriction makes you more creative. I think that's a misleading slogan. I might have been more creative without them than with them.

Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.

When I'm playing, I play what I want, but I make sure that the crowd is going to love it at the same time. It's like a balancing act, a mix of two, a perfect circle... if you do it right.

I never do any song with any expectation.

There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.

Music is my life. I love doing it, so I just do it nonstop all day. And with dancing, I wanted to put on a show for people. I don't want to just be sitting there doing nothing, so that's when I started to dance.

I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it.

What is exciting is taking back the excitement of being able to debut something to an audience in exactly the way you want to.

I get burned out on standup. But I like acting. I do like it. But sometimes you just feel like a monkey. You just feel like a complete tool. But I like it. I do like it. Stand-up is just more free. A lot more freedom because you just do what you want to do.

Sometimes it works. Sometimes I feel like playing 'Hospital'. Sometimes I feel like playing 'Pablo Picasso'. I've been playing a lot lately. I do it as long as I feel like it.

I'm just excited I get to sing all the time. There's nothing but open ears of people wanting to listen.

Now I can't wait to write my next play.

What's cool is when you're able to give your audience imagination and you don't have to cage them in like animals.

To be honest, I never really considered myself to be too much of an actress. So, whenever I get the chance to do music, I'm always, like, just in it. It's like, 'Oh my God, I finally get to do this. I'm so happy.'

No matter what you're going through, as long as you have some specific emotion, whether it's positive or negative, it is all stuff that you can use on stage.

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.

I've never fallen into what I consider to be a trap of trying to figure out something analytically that could be a very popular film. I would hope my enthusiasm could match up with something with that potential.

I think what people are attracted to about me, if anything, is my passion. People got exposed to my passion through music and song first.

Having fun is fantastic, and I never want to lose a sense of that - and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work, or else it's going to feel stiff.

I really enjoy singing, it's entirely different to acting because I'm just being myself.

The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my hair.

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me.

When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear.

Sing the song or keep it inside.