Steven Patrick Morrissey [ˈmɒɹɪsiː] ist ein britischer Sänger, der unter anderem für seine kontroversen Texte und provokanten öffentlichen Äußerungen bekannt ist. Als Künstlernamen verwendet er seinen Nachnamen und wird von der Musikpresse und vielen Fans kurz Moz oder Mozzer genannt.
Morrissey ist vor allem als Sänger der in den 1980er Jahren stilbildenden und erfolgreichen Indie-Rock-Band The Smiths bekannt, die im Jahre 2004 vom New Musical Express zum Most Influential Artist Ever erhoben wurde.
Nachdem sich The Smiths 1987 aufgelöst hatten, startete Morrissey eine wechselhafte, aber dennoch erfolgreiche Solokarriere. Seine häufig provokanten und zynischen Texte drehen sich um Themen wie soziales Außenseitertum, Tierrechte, mehrdeutige Sexualität und unerwiderte Liebe, und sind vor allem für ihre beißende Selbstironie, ihre persönliche Offenheit und ihren intellektuell und politisch beeinflussten Wortwitz bekannt.
Wikipedia
“The reports of my death have been greatly understated.”
from "Message from Morrissey," True To You http://true-to-you.net/morrissey_news_130131_01 (31 January 2013). Twist on a quote by Mark Twain.
In interviews etc., About life and death
From an interview by Adrian Deevoy in GQ http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/gqarrific/, October 2005, p. 278
In interviews etc., About The Smiths
It's personal discovery."
From an interview with Russell Brand in 2009
In interviews etc., About pop culture
From a radio interview with Janice Long (2002)
In interviews etc., About pop culture
From the 2002 song "First of the gang to die"
From songs
“I suppose you have work tomorrow? That's quite sad, really.”
live in Claremont, CA (1997)[citation needed]
In Concert
“It's the nicest birthday I've ever had. You've made a happy man very old.”
From Who Put The 'M' In Manchester? (2004)
In Concert
From "The Face Q&A", The Face (November 1999).
In interviews etc., About love
“I can't believe I'm 29. Where did the years go? Why did the years go?”
From Who Put The 'M' In Manchester? (2004)
In Concert
From the TV documentary The Importance of Being Morrissey (2003)
In interviews etc., About himself and his work
From an radio interview with Janice Long (2002)
In interviews etc., About other artists
from "All men have secrets and these are Morrissey’s", interview by Neil McCormick,Hot Press (4 May 1984)
In interviews etc., About life and death
From the 1986 song "I Know It's Over"
From songs
from a statement on the website 'True To You' 2012
In interviews etc., About politics and society
From "Wilde child", interview by Paul Morley, Blitz (April 1988).
In interviews etc., About himself and his work
The very idea that people would be interested in the facts about this dress is massively insulting to the human race.
from "This Charming Man", interview by Simon Garfield, Timeout March 1985
In interviews etc., About politics and society
from "Homme alone 2" by David Keeps, Details (December 1992)
In interviews etc., About himself and his work
“I don't perform. Seals perform.”
From an interview with Russell Brand in December 2006, also quoted in the March 2007 issue of Uncut.
In interviews etc., About himself and his work
from the song "Hand In Glove"
From songs
“In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?”
from the 1984 song "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now"
From songs
Interview by Chris Heath, Star Hits (1987)
About the Notre Dame fire, Odds & Ends
From a radio interview with David Jensen (1983)
In interviews etc., About other artists
From the TV documentary The Importance of Being Morrissey (2003)
In interviews etc., About himself and his work
From "Keep young and beautiful", interview by Bill Black, Sounds (19 November 1983).
In interviews etc., About himself and his work
From the song "The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty)"
From songs
From a radio interview with David Jensen in 1983
In interviews etc., About pop culture
From a radio interview by Jed the fish (1997)
In interviews etc., About life and death
