posted by davidt on Tuesday February 21 2006, @01:00PM
goinghome writes:
Pop over to Julia’s website www.true-to-you.net for a fourth series of questions submitted by ‘Questions And Answers’ participants, with Morrissey’s responses.

Here is an example:

Does it dismay you that the intelligence you have expressed throughout your career has been interpreted by some as an excuse for cynicism and apathy, when you yourself are a figure far from apathetic?
Abigail, Sheffield.

”I always get a strong reaction, and my critics are very dedicated - they will stick with me till the end. I seem to infuriate so many people. Most groups get away with dreadful albums and appalling live concerts and it just doesn't seem to matter - because they don't. There is always a reason for a scathing review, and it's usually personal. If you refuse to be interviewed by a magazine they take the most ferocious revenge. Things are never what they seem. Also, if you are an artist whose career is quite persistently and attentively followed and documented then many writers will deliver unnaturally venomous articles or reviews simply with the hope of earning a special place in that artists' history. Praise is rarely shocking whereas maliciousness is, and the writers who burst the bubble are remembered forever, alas. For me personally, most album reviews tend to review me as a living entity - the actual songs or the singing or the musicianship is secondary compared to the writer's personal feelings towards .......my face. And, of course, my face rarely goes down well...”
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