thewandererandhisshadow said:
Do you think when he spoke about that, it was a just a ploy to ward off others like Rogan?
Morrissey was sued by the drummer in his former band and, upon finding out he would have to give up a million pounds from his multimillion horde, claimed victimhood and took his case to the international human rights court.
In short, we're talking about a man who believes people have it in for him: producers, managers, bandmates, DJs, BBC executives, record company bosses, headmasters, the police, the government. The list of his persecutors is endless. Just ask him.
His autobiography, should it ever come out-- and wasn't there a news story in the last year or so about him receiving a hefty advance from a publisher?-- will be written to set the record straight. Or, to go about the matter like another Wanderer and His Shadow, he will take many crooked paths to reach the straight one, at the end of which his readers will discover that he is a genius, a man brimming with love, and no one's enemy. It will be a general counter-statement, not a preemptive one. It will not be aimed at anyone in particular, but rather everyone, and this flavoring of misanthropy will make his work more definitive than even he intends.
If you have read all of this and suddenly thought, "My sweet Lord and Savior, his frame of mind sounds not entirely unlike Michael Jackson's!", you have merely realized that the delightful and far-reaching effects of fame are universal.
dazzak said:
He's got the tits for it.
Ouch.