Steven Patrick Morrissey Quotes

Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music and you always have to keep that in mind.

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?

Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame.

Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them are going to be crap. It's just a given law.

The making of music is profoundly affected by the market.

I think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented.

I would love the record industry to be more receptive to my music but all they are interested in is style over content.

I know it sounds really lame and hater-ish, but I think 2009 was maybe the worst year for music ever.

There's more good music being made now than ever before.

Music changes every three months. There's always new artists coming out. There's always new sounds. There is always a new hit coming out. You gotta stay relevant as much as you can and feed your fans as much as you can.

The music that is played on the radio all the time or written about in magazines has nothing to do with musicianship.

Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it.

There were a lot of times where there was a great deal of fodder recorded and played, because there was a market for it - just as there is today. And there were more bad bands than there were good bands - I think that should always be remembered.

'Vinyl' is a good look at the music industry. The script was honest.

If people stop being interested, it's because you haven't written a good enough album. Music will always be the most powerful thing. It doesn't matter what record labels or journalists say. It's the song.

Superficial pop will always exist - there've always been Fabians - but when people like Dire Straits and Bruce Hornsby start having hits, it suggests that there's a revolution going on in music.

When I first started recording, I was told by all of the experts in the business that the kind of music that I was doing was never going to sell. That disco was the coming thing and it was going to take over and what I was interested in was a minor sideline.

I think the record industry has gotten to be more about labels wondering what the new single is rather than labels nurturing artists. It's gotten away from making a full album of music that someone would want to listen to all the way through.

Well, you know, back then there wasn't many albums, it was the singles. You sold singles.

Look at music for what it's worth around the world and not just America. In other countries, people are still buying CDs and going to record stores. But in America, it's all about digital. The game is breaking down. But, look at me, you need to know how to play the game the right way.

The market didn't define the music; the music defined the market.

I think that music is still art, even if it's commercialised.

I like all music. Well, I don't like music that was created to make money. I don't really like bands that don't write their own music.

When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music.

I think we're in a very low point of music right now.