Why'd you have to say that there's always someone who can do it better than I can And don't you think that I know that walkin' on water won't make me a miracle man

I get very frustrated by this term 'genre exercise.' I mean, what exactly is that? Genre is not really relevant when you are writing a song; hopefully you are doing it to explore something, to create something, and I don't agree that any of my albums are genre exercises.

I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years.And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you.

These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.

I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time.

Music is more like water than a rhinoceros. It doesn't charge madly down one path. It runs away in every direction.

Morrissey writes wonderful song titles, but sadly he often forgets to write the song.