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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...eaven-knows-hes-a-bit-less-miserable-now.html...Whatever the truth of his sex life, if he has one, at the age of 52 he’s still singing lines like “Nobody wants my love.” Surely these are adolescent sentiments.
“No. I think we all die saying those things and feeling those feelings. On our deathbed we’re still scrambling for dignity and a little bit of love and respect. We may be 112, but those feelings never go away.”
If he’s so lonely, why not just start a relationship?
“Well, you must be true to your heart. Yes, you might pair off for companionship, but maybe the other person doesn’t want to, or sees it slightly differently. There’s always somebody who loves more than the other.”
But if, as he insists, he’s been single his whole life, how does he know what relationships are like?
“You don’t need to have been down a pit to know that it’s dirty.” ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/8579607/Morrissey-on...-Lady-Gaga-and-modern-pop.html...Daily Telegraph: But as a vegetarian who wrote the album Meat Is Murder, don’t you deplore Lady Gaga’s meat dress?
Morrissey: Well, the meat dress was first done by [the artist] Linder Sterling in Manchester in 1982, and she did it as a protest at men seeing female flesh as meat. I don’t know whether that came across with Lady Gaga. I think people didn’t question it too deeply – they simply saw it as “today’s loony idea”. But I like to assume that Gaga had the same notion. If it’s a social and political statement, it’s acceptable. If it isn’t a social and political statement, I don’t really see the point.
Daily Telegraph: What do you think of the pop chart today?
Morrissey: I think the pop chart today is entirely market-driven. And it has nothing to do with public taste. And it has nothing to do with moving music forward. It’s simply a market chart. And people who’ve managed to grapple into the top five have done so because of an aggressive campaign, and nothing else. And so many sales are mysteriously automatic. Very often now we glance an eye at the chart and we can’t understand why a certain person is No1 or No2, why have they flown in at No3. It’s understandable to ask that question. But it’s simply market-driven. Nothing else. The quality of the music, the content – absolutely immaterial. As a direct result so many bands and so many artists have ongoing success with absolutely no songs.
Daily Telegraph: What about Adele, though? She’s selling millions of records but she didn’t have an enormous marketing campaign.
Morrissey: Yes. I don’t think there has been an aggressive campaign for her, and I think it has been one of those situations where people actually like her voice. And rightly so. I’m very pleased for her. Because I’ve seen someone who has attained great success simply on the strength of her voice. And she does use it very well. But there are a mass of other examples where undeserved success seems to come automatically to the most unlikely people, who themselves are completely bewildered...
(I'm relieved with his opinion about Adele; she's a miraculous anomaly)