Excerpt from Morrissey Interview with the Columbus Dispatch

Q: Any thoughts on the upcoming U.S. election?

A: None that extend beyond the normal despondency. There simply seems to be nowhere to go. Obama ought to have handed the baton to Hillary Clinton. But people never give up power, do they?

I wonder why the president is never single. It seems that only married couples can be elected. Michelle Obama gave a lengthy speech recently. Why, exactly? Who voted her in? Only a black lesbian mother could ever be the right president for America.

Q: What legacy do you want your work to leave?

A: People who make music never die. The song lives on forever — and, as soon as it’s heard, you are as alive and young and demented as you were when the song was recorded. 

Q: Can you reveal one thing that truly, genuinely makes you happy?

A: I don’t understand the question.

Interview can be read in its entirety here:

 http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/10/18/singer-opens-up-about-once-private-self.html