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Morrissey
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It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind.
— from the 1986 song "I Know It's Over", co-written with Johnny Marr.
Morrissey
British singer and songwriter
- Audience364K
- Fame76.9
- Momentum0.0
Source-basedStable
364K youtube followers
- Audience364K
- Fame76.9
- Momentum0.0
- United Kingdom rank#224
- Musicians rank#222
- Wikipedia133K
Born 1959 · age 67United Kingdom
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The Smiths made him a cult figure in the 1980s with witty, melancholic lyrics and a refusal to play the rock star — sexually ambiguous, celibate, draped in irony. The solo decades that followed kept the baritone and the barbs but added controversy: a shift toward patriotic posturing and immigration critique that split the fanbase he'd built on outsider statu
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Born to working-class Irish immigrants in Lancashire in 1959, Steven Patrick Morrissey grew up in Stretford after slum clearance displaced his family from Hulme, absorbing literature, kitchen sink realism, and 1960s pop. A brief punk stint and music journalism led to forming the Smiths with Johnny Marr in 1982; their eponymous debut and three studio albums that followed — Meat Is Murder, The Queen Is Dead, Strangeways, Here We Come — earned critical acclaim and a cult following before personal differences ended the band in 1987. His solo career launched with Viva Hate in 1988 and spanned decad…
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Morrissey
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And if a double-decker bus crashes into us, to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die.
— from the 1986 song "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out", co-written with Johnny Marr.
Morrissey
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So when you say it's gonna happen now. Well when exactly do you mean? See I've already waited too long. And all my hope is gone!
— from the 1984 song "How Soon Is Now?", co-written with Johnny Marr.
Morrissey
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Why pamper life's complexity when the leather runs smooth on the passenger's seat?
— from the 1984 song "This Charming Man", co-written with Johnny Marr.
Morrissey
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In my lifeWhy do I smileAt people who I'd much rather kick in the eye ?
— from the 1984 song "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", co-written with Johnny Marr.
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- World Peace Is None of Your Business2014
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