Robert Smith on Morrissey

"I just don't like him... I think he's really arrogant... as a professional intellectual, the worst kind of person."
"If Morrissey says I don't eat meat, then I'll eat meat; I hate Morrissey so much." "
He's a precious, poor bastard. He's everything people think I am. Morrissey sings the same song every time he opens his mouth. At least I've got two songs, 'The Love Cats' and 'Faith'. If people only knew how easy it is to be in groups like the Smiths..."

Morrissey on Robert Smith

"I'd line them up so one bullet would go through them at the same time...Robert Smith is a whiner. It's pretty unusual that he started wearing beads when the Smiths came out and was photographed with flowers. I guess he's pretty supportive of what we're doing, but I've never liked the Cure..."
"The Cure: a new dimension to the word 'shit'."
A year later, Morrissey was interviewed by his nephew Sam Esty Raymer, who asked him if he had any "little regrets". Morrissey, somewhat surprisingly, then decided to bring up his feud with Smith where he tried to draw a line under the whole thing. He joked: "Oh, I never make my regrets small... if I can help it. Oh. Hmm. Robert Smith. I said some terrible things about him 35 years ago... but I didn't mean them... I was just being very Grange Hill. It's great when you can blame everything on Tourette's syndrome."