Even I don't believe this. On the official Black Crowes website (http://www.tallest.com) in their "What's Wrong With Steve?" section  where you can ask their drummer Steve Gorman questions - he quotes Morrissey:

...Oh sure, they say, I knew him way back when. I knew him before the fame, the adulation, the off-shore bank accounts, the horrible hair decisions, the self important nonsensical musings, the paranoia fueled mood swings, the ludicrous political agenda, Oh, yeah, I knew him before all that. I knew him when he was just simply Steve. I knew him pretty well, come to think of it. I knew a lot of his secrets. I was a confidante of sorts, you could say, I had his ultimate trust. He took my calls on his wallet phone. He spent hours bouncing super-balls off of walls and was content. He didn't have a dime, but yet, as Morrissey once said, "In the days that you were hopelessly poor, I just liked you more". Maybe I'll just jerk his chain a little to remind him of all of us back here, in his past. Well, nice try...