"(About Pop Idols) Obviously, it's designed by record company executives who want a cheap success, and they don't want to give money to anybody and they don't want to give contracts, so they've created this world of very bubbly teenagers who want to be "idols" and they think all they have to do is mime quite well and they've made it. … But it's not the problem of the kids, it's the problem of the record companies, because it's just an inexpensive way for them to have so-called, I won't say "artists", but erm...You're nodding, you know what I mean."
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From a radio interview with Janice Long (2002)
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Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), known usually by his family name alone, is an English singer and songwriter, and was the frontman for The Smiths.
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