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The Ten Funniest Quotes From Morrisey's Autobiography
On shopping, p71:
The morning after the Whistle Test, I present 50 pence at Rumbelows in Stretford Precinct and I ask for the New York Dolls single.
"See," said one fat assistant to another, "I told you someone would buy it."
At last I am someone!
On being prescribed medication, p220:
I clamber back to Harley Street to complain to the doctor who prescribed me this hideous mood pill, but I am told he is dead, and I am hardly surprised.
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Insufferable git, or occasional producer of a decent tune?
The morning after the Whistle Test, I present 50 pence at Rumbelows in Stretford Precinct and I ask for the New York Dolls single.
"See," said one fat assistant to another, "I told you someone would buy it."
At last I am someone!
On being prescribed medication, p220:
I clamber back to Harley Street to complain to the doctor who prescribed me this hideous mood pill, but I am told he is dead, and I am hardly surprised.
Source: http://
Insufferable git, or occasional producer of a decent tune?
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The Daily Telegraph gives it a glowing review. 5/5
// With typical pretension, Morrissey’s first book has been published as a Penguin Classic. It justifies such presentation with a beautifully measured prose style that combines a lilting, poetic turn of phrase and acute quality of observation, revelling in a kind of morbid glee at life’s injustice with arch, understated humour, a laughter that is a shadow away from depression or anger. As such, it is recognisably the voice of the most distinctive British pop lyricist of his era. It is certainly the best written musical autobiography since Bob Dylan’s Chronicles, and like that book it evokes a sense of what it must be like to dwell within such an extraordinary mind. //
// With typical pretension, Morrissey’s first book has been published as a Penguin Classic. It justifies such presentation with a beautifully measured prose style that combines a lilting, poetic turn of phrase and acute quality of observation, revelling in a kind of morbid glee at life’s injustice with arch, understated humour, a laughter that is a shadow away from depression or anger. As such, it is recognisably the voice of the most distinctive British pop lyricist of his era. It is certainly the best written musical autobiography since Bob Dylan’s Chronicles, and like that book it evokes a sense of what it must be like to dwell within such an extraordinary mind. //
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not everyone at teh Telegraph has been so complimentary
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But those ten quotes are brilliant. If he wrote them himself, which I suspect he did, that's a seriously witty autobiography.
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But those ten quotes are brilliant. If he wrote them himself, which I suspect he did, that's a seriously witty autobiography.
I have interviewed Morrisey, and it is my firm belief that his sense of humour is so dry you could use it for kindling. As I know, and others on here will agree, such humour does not always translate well in written form, and so some of M's pronouncements which are tongue-in-cheek are taken seriously, hence his serious mistrust of journalists my interview was in the mid-80's, and he has not been too forthcoming of late.
The appeal of the music of The Smiths, with the exception of the driving 'What Difference Does It Make' has always utterly passed me by - their legend and legacy a complete mystery.
That said, he was a charming interviewee, poured the tea, and was very polite and smelled really nice - all one wants for afternoon tea with a pop star.
The appeal of the music of The Smiths, with the exception of the driving 'What Difference Does It Make' has always utterly passed me by - their legend and legacy a complete mystery.
That said, he was a charming interviewee, poured the tea, and was very polite and smelled really nice - all one wants for afternoon tea with a pop star.
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