“CH: Have you told many fibs today?
M: I lie a lot - it's really useful - but everything I've said today has been the whole truth and nothing but the truth. So help me… er… Trevor…”

— Morrissey

Interview by Chris Heath, Star Hits (1987)
About the Notre Dame fire, Odds & Ends

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