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As a lyricist, singer and performer, Morrissey has created a mythology that is unrivalled in popular music. In fact, you have to go back to the legends of American cinema or British theatre to find an artist whose creative identity - whose public presentation of himself - is so sealed within one particular sense of constancy. Examples would be Noel Coward, or Montgomery Clift. And, increasingly, when one thinks about the conversion of Morrissey as a pop star into an entire cultural brand, it is tempting to make comparisons with Andy Warhol.
...one day there will probably be a Faculty of Morrissey Studies in more than one distinguished seat of learning. And, more than probably, Morrissey himself will make especially sure that he has nothing whatsoever to do with the proceedings of their research. And this is precisely because of Morrissey's own understanding of both the anatomy of glamour (which refers us to Warhol once again) and, more importantly, the importance of mystery and elusiveness within his own creative spirit.
- taken from The Nineties: When Surface Was Depth, by Michael Bracewell
...one day there will probably be a Faculty of Morrissey Studies in more than one distinguished seat of learning. And, more than probably, Morrissey himself will make especially sure that he has nothing whatsoever to do with the proceedings of their research. And this is precisely because of Morrissey's own understanding of both the anatomy of glamour (which refers us to Warhol once again) and, more importantly, the importance of mystery and elusiveness within his own creative spirit.
- taken from The Nineties: When Surface Was Depth, by Michael Bracewell
