“I know I've reached the stage where other artists would bleach their hair or buy a fancy costume, but, inexcusably, I can only be me, which is a full-time occupation and causes terrible backaches.”

—  Morrissey

From "I’ll astonish you", interview by Len Brown, Details (March 1991).
In interviews etc., About himself and his work

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