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Amanda took this great photo of Morrissey and me. She spots great talent because she is talented too. @akerlinger pic.twitter.com/y1YxG3Xyfj

@rustyrockets / Twitter (3:07 PM - 11 Sep 13):

I introduced Morrissey on stage at one of his gigs. He wrote this for me to recite.

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The actual introduction:

Hmmm, really hope the autobiography is better than David Stubbs' imagenary one.

10 Happy Morrissey Songs - Paste
By Nick Petrillo

Steven Patrick Morrissey has been called a lot of things: miserable, bleak, depressing, you name it. But as any dedicated Morrissey fan will tell you, his talents have never relied solely on the doom and gloom. As a matter of fact, the former Smiths frontman has proven that he’s perfectly capable of penning songs that brim with wit, positivity and, yes, even downright happiness. We’ve sifted through all his solo albums and his Smiths material to present the finest moments of Morrissey’s optimism—though we admit that it did take a while.

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Morrissey en 1993 (photo Renaud Monfourny)

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Smiths-related excerpts:

Did you enjoy writing the lyrics? Absolutely. It wasn’t something I hadn’t done before – I just set it aside a long time ago. I’d written lyrics in bands I was in before The Smiths and I’d written phrases here and there since. In Electronic I’d sometimes write with Bernard Sumner. I decided a long time ago to concentrate on being a guitarist and leave the lyrics to the singer – I’d done that in The Smiths and a lot of other bands – but I’ve always written stuff down. It wasn’t a matter of me looking out of a window, holding a pencil, thinking: ‘What will I write next?’ Most of these songs started with the lyrics.

Is it cathartic to sing Smiths songs on your tour? There’s nothing really for it to ‘cathart’, it’s just music a lot of people really love and there aren’t many better things in life than that.

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That photo looks like it might have been taken at Joe Moss's place.

Some nice surprises in the set list. See you all soon! xoxo Ravi Marr