I know I believe in nothing, but it is my nothing. Richey Edwards More Quotes by Richey Edwards More Quotes From Richey Edwards People say to the mentally ill, ‘You know so many people think the world of you.’ But when they don’t like themselves they don’t notice anything. They don’t care about what people think of them. When you hate yourself, whatever people say it doesn’t make sense. ‘Why do they like me? Why do they care about me?’ Because you don’t care about yourself at all. Richey Edwards hate people thinking I’m not really worried what people think about me. Because I judge myself harsher, and on more strict terms, than they ever could probably. Richey Edwards judging people thinking I have no regrets. Regrets are meaningless. You can't change yesterday or tomorrow. You can change only this present moment. Richey Edwards regret tomorrow yesterday All my life I've felt weak compared to other people. If they want to crush me then they can. But I know I can do things that other people can't. Richey Edwards crush want people We are young, beautiful scum pissed off with the world. Richey Edwards pissed-off beautiful world You get respect in society if you are aggressive. If you fight then people respect you. If you fight back, people like you for that as well. When Ive been beaten up, if Ive been in a pub doing nothing wrong, the fact I chose not to fight back, that I would never throw a punch back, people say Im weak. I dont think thats a weak thing at all. I think why should I descend to their level? If Ive done nothing wrong, throwing a punch back makes me as bad and corrupt as them. As evil as them, as stupid as them. Richey Edwards fighting stupid thinking It's all about self-discipline. Like, self-obsession is connected completely with self-loathing, and it's the same with, if you've got a weight problem. It's all about... finding some worth in yourself, knowing that you've got the discipline to do it, and knowing that other people maybe can't do it. And it's also, I think, really connected to the fact that you almost feel, like, silent, you have no voice, you're mute, there's just no, you've got no option. Even if you could express yourself nobody would listen anyway. Things that go on inside you, there's no other way to get rid of them. Richey Edwards self-harm knowing thinking It’s important not to be embarrassed by your past. The contradictions are part of what we are. Richey Edwards contradiction important past I have a very childlike rage, and a very childlike loneliness. Richey Edwards childlike rage loneliness There's an awful lot of white British kids who have never really gone hungry, always had a roof to live under but at the same time are desperately unhappy. It's not total poverty, just a poverty of ideas. Richey Edwards white kids ideas Love is an impossible concept. Richey Edwards concepts impossible love-is When I cut myself I feel so much better. All the little things that might have been annoying me suddenly seem so trivial, because I'm concentrating on the pain Richey Edwards cutting pain depression When I sit in my bedroom with a book and a bottle of vodka, I do it because I'm sad, not because I think it's cool. I do it because I want to forget what I am thinking about. Richey Edwards bottles book thinking Self abuse is anti-social, aggression still natural. Richey Edwards abuse self natural The only perfect circle on the human body is the eye. When a baby is born it's so perfect, but when it opens its eyes it's just blinded by the corruption and everything else is a downward spiral. Richey Edwards eye fear baby It's about people who take their frustration out on everyone around them. I never raise my voice. Cutting myself or hurting myself is the way I deal with anger. Richey Edwards frustration cutting hurt Hollywood and Disneyland are the legacy of Europe's cultural imperialism. We gave them nursery rhymes and they gave back film. Televised riots are as American as Barbie/ Big Macs. Tomorrow the riots will be forgotten but Mickey mouse will still be there. Welcome to Disneyland. Richey Edwards barbie fear europe All you can do to the past is to never want to be like it. Richey Edwards can-do want past On things like censorship, I think everything should be allowed on television. You know, I mean anything. I don’t know who believes that anymore. Every left wing party says there should be some degree of censorship, that some things are bad taste. But it’s unjustifiable for anyone to decide what is bad taste. Richey Edwards party mean believe We hate Slowdive more than we hate Hitler. Richey Edwards hate
