Morrissey has said that the chances of him continuing to record and perform past the age of 55 are very slim, though I think we've all heard ageing pop stars say that before, and very few stick to their word.
With Mozza approaching his 50th birthday this year, Xfm's Ian Camfield asked the singer about the possibility of retirement.
Commenting on how pop stars normally lose their edge in their later years, Morrissey pondered thus: "I assume most people lose it because they become satisfied and they achieve everything they ever set out to achieve. More to the point, they become personally satisfied and that they're quite happy and it doesn't matter any more. It's very interesting that it's very hard to think of anybody who ages and still manages to mean anything".
Brought back to the issue of his own future, when asked about the chances of him still performing past the age of 55, or 60, he responded: "I think it's incredibly slim".