Morrissey has shocked fans on fan site true-to-you.net by telling them that he was utterly miserable during his time with The Smiths. You'd never be able to tell from all of those happy-go-lucky lyrics of course.
The singer said: "I find it shocking to look back at the period of The Smiths and to reflect upon the magnitude of doom that surrounded me every single day. I have no idea how I made it through my 20s. It was impossible for me to agree to any aspect of life or to compromise with it. I think I doomed myself. The terms of my connections with other people were dreadful, and I couldn't ever manage to feel responsible for my own life."
He continued: "When Johnny ended The Smiths I was forced to go solo, and I found myself going further with all my experiences of life, and, although Johnny didn't intend it to, it helped me."
Which is yet another reason why Johnny Marr always was the talented one. Well, him and Andy Rourke, obviously.