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In an interview with UK music magazine NME in 1986, singer-songwriter Morrissey famously said, “I’ve never made any secret of the fact that at least 50 percent of my reason for writing can be blamed on Shelagh Delaney.” His love for the English playwright can be detected throughout his work with the Smiths, the legendary rock band he fronted in the 1980s, and his subsequent career as a solo artist, including in lyrical allusions to Delaney’s dialogue and the lives of her characters. By far the greatest influence on his songwriting is her 1958 theatrical debut, A Taste of Honey, a controversial exploration of sexuality, racism, and socioeconomic degradation that she wrote at the tender age of eighteen.

Listen to a selection of iconic songs by Morrissey and The Smiths inspired by Shelagh Delaney’s A TASTE OF HONEY

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Morrissey in Manchester. 20/08/2016. Meat is Murder. 

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You know he’s a vegetarian? He doesn’t like the monarchy? He hates war? They’re gonna assassinate him

Morrissey on Jeremy Corbyn, Plymouth 15/09/2015.  (via picc4dillyp4l4re)

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How can we ever tell others how we feel about them, unless we are dying?

Morrissey, Autobiography, p. 390

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Morrissey pretending to be sexy by having the words “sex” and “topless” in the background.

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A dead mule might make up someone else's idea of a hearty Full English, but strawberries in muesli is all I have eyes for.

Morrissey, Autobiography, p. 387

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But you’ve got everything now, you’ve got everything now; and what a terrible mess I’ve made of my life, oh what a mess I’ve made of my life… (♪)

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I remember when we were on tour in Australia, we were all sitting at the hotel by the pool and Morrissey called me over and said, “Jo, there’s a wasp drowning in the swimming pool”. I thought it was just a casual remark, but it wasn’t because when I didn’t react he said it again. Even then I thought he might be joking, but no, now my duties included rescuing drowning wasps from swimming pools! But Morrissey could charm anyone into doing anything.

Jo Slee (via thischarmlessgirl)

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Despite massive discouragement, I remain myself. Somebody has to be me so it might as well be me.

Morrissey (via prudence-never-pays)

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Photo by Fabio Lovino.

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Join the Morrisseys to get to Morrissey! Created by me :-)  Enjoy! 

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Morrissey photographed by Dean Freeman.

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