Ah, The Outsider, Morrissey, and a Philosophical Theory Which I Have Studied in Very Little Detail
Tribal Chieftains often come from the outside, bringing knowledge and insight with them from other lands.
See Also: The Greek Tragic Hero, who must leave home, gain all this wonderful experience and enlightenment, and bring it back to his people where he is welcomed with a ticker tape parade, or its equivalent in the times of antiquity. See: The Illiad, The Odyssey, Homer. Perhaps, even read them, because, well, I am not going to!
I sincerely hope that you are correct, otherwise he can kiss his career goodbye.