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“We went to this stupid heavy metal disco after the first gig â€� which was awful â€� and the group all started dancing to Deep Purple. I told them to sit down, have some dignity.”
― Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
― Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
“If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve got the least excuse for it.”
― The Killer Inside Me
― The Killer Inside Me
“â€�"Sure there's a hell..." I could hear him saying it now, now, as I lay here on bed with her breath in my face, and her body squashed against me... "It is the drab desert where the sun sheds neither warmth nor light and Habit force-feeds senile Desire. It is the place here mortal Want dwells with immortal Necessity, and the night becomes hideous with the groans of one and the ecstatic shrieks of the other. Yes, there is a hell, my boy, and you do not have to dig for it.”
― Savage Night
― Savage Night
“I’m annoyed by the lack of smoking on TV as well. It’s terrible. It’s funny seeing old interviewers lighting up, the likes of Russell Harty pulling on a Three Castles or a State Express or a Churchman Full Strength or a Passing Cloud. I think it’s a shame that we don’t get to see this any more. We should have more ashtrays on morning TV and presenters wheezing.”
― Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
― Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
“But you could,â€� Ken said. “You could. We got a fella over in the jail right now for pleasurinâ€� a pig.â€� “Well, I’ll be dogged,â€� I said, because I’d heard of things like that but I never had known of no actual cases. “What kind of charges you makinâ€� against him?â€� Buck said maybe they could charge him with rape. Ken gave him a kind of blank look and said no, they might not be able to make that kind of charge stick. “After all, he might claim he had the pig’s consent, and then where would we be?”
― Pop. 1280
― Pop. 1280
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