Morrissey hasn’t had too long to be an influence me but he’s certainly made an impact on me this year. I’m still undecided as to whether he’s come along at the complete right/ wrong time and as to whether he’s a saviour or corrupter! Reading his thoughts and listening to his lyrics have caused me to ask big questions about myself and my life. I’m kind of at the starting point of my adult life I guess, I just graduated from uni this year and I’m trying to decide what on earth to do with myself- give in to the evil lure of office temping or hold out for something I actually want to do. It has to be said, listening to songs like ‘Still Ill’ and ‘Heaven Knows’ really put a dampener on my motivation sometimes. Oh, and I’m also pretty determined to be moving to Manchester as soon as possible, that’s not 100% down to Morrissey, I do have friends and vague family ties there, but mostly it probably is! Well, when you don’t have any direction, you take any inspiration.
And well, I’d say he has helped me in accepting myself a little more, I don’t feel quite so much of a freak for not conforming and that it is ok to not be happy with things. And it’s nice to hear someone be vocal about things I thought I was alone in thinking! Although he has also made me consider the fact that I may still not be happy for a long time to come and that being alone is also a very real prospect. Sigh, well who knows how it’ll go, I’m interested to know…