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Richard James "Richey" Edwards (22 December 1967 – disappeared c. 1 February 1995) was a Welsh musician who was the lyricist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. He was known for his dark, politicised and intellectual songwriting which, combined with an enigmatic and eloquent character, has assured him cult status, as well as having been cited by some as a leading lyricist of his generation.

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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.

Hate, Make, Mentally, People, Think, Thinking

The only freedom left is the freedom to starve.

Freedom, Left, Starve

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

Cut, Cutting, Depression, Pain, Things

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.

Back, Fighting, Say, Stupid, Thing, Thinking

It’s important not to be embarrassed by your past. The contradictions are part of what we are.

Contradiction, Contradictions, Embarrassed, Important, Part, Past

Self abuse is anti-social, aggression still natural.

Abuse, Aggression, Natural, Self

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.

Hungry, Ideas, Kids, Under, White

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.

Crush, Know, Life, People, Things, Want

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.

Book, Bottles, Cool, Sad, Think, Thinking

I find cutting myself attractive. . . I find it sexual.

Attractive, Cutting, Self Injury, Sexual

All rock and roll is homosexual.

Homosexual, Rock, Rock And Roll, Rocks, Roll

Love is an impossible concept.

Concept, Concepts, Impossible, Love, Love Is

I know I believe in nothing, but it is my nothing.

Believe, I Believe, I Believe In, Know, Nothing

Everything in life has let me down.

Down, Everything, Let, Let Me, Let Me Down, Life

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.

Baby, Fear, Eye, Opens, Born, Everything

In terms of the 'S' word, that does not enter my mind. And it never has done. In terms of An Attempt. Because I am stronger than that. I might be a weak person, but I can take pain.

Enter, Mind, Pain, Stronger, Take, Terms

I've never hit anybody in my life. I never would, and the only way I could make a point was by hurting myself. . . It's something I've done since I was a teenager.

Depression, Hurt, Life, Point, Teenager, Way

I was celibate until the age of 21. I stayed in my bedroom reading Camus and Nietzsche

Age, Bedroom, Celibate, Reading

I have a very childlike rage, and a very childlike loneliness.

Childlike, Loneliness, Rage

All you can do to the past is to never want to be like it.

Can Do, Like, Past, Want

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