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Morrisssey's autobiography is very Morrissey

Paul McLoone joined Tony Fenton to talk about his hero Mozza and his fascinating autobiography. He's...
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4:23 PM - 17 Oct 2013



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Morrisssey's autobiography is very Morrissey

TodayFM
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4:23 PM - 17 Oct 2013



Paul McLoone joined Tony Fenton to talk about his hero Mozza and his fascinating autobiography. He's giving it a big thumbs up.

Comedian Peter Serafinowicz decided to sing the first few lines of the book Morrissey style.

Here are some of the most Morrisseyesque quotes:

On being born: "Naturally my birth almost kills my mother."

On watching Thunderbirds as a child: "They are, of course, animated puppets, yet they are as real as I am. But how real am I?"

On becoming a teenager: "My face had by now taken on the demeanour of continual deep regret, which only music could soothe."

On buying his first musical instrument: "In what could be termed sheer panic I buy a drum kit and suddenly I am in mortal danger of doing something productive."

On his first TV interview: "I am rolled out to face an icy grilling from Henry Kelly, a little, pinched Irish madam who has no time for me and cuts me off mid-sentence, with neither a 'thank you' or a 'good luck' as he minces frostily into his next major superstardom moment."

On discovering that The Smiths' first album is being released in different versions around the world: "I vomit profusely when I discover that the album has been pressed in Japan with Sandie Shaw's version of 'Hand in Glove' included. I am so disgusted by this that I beg people to kill me."

On wanting to become a singer: "I will sing … If not, I will have to die."



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