"But that's his opinion. He just seems very angry about a lot of things. Of course I hear it - people saying, 'I can't listen to The Smiths. I can't separate the art from the artist.' If that's how you feel, that's fine."
"I don't want it to sound like I didn't like Morrissey. He was fucking great. Very funny bloke, cutting humor. But it was such an unusual relationship. There was a distance. I accepted we were just very different people."
"I thought that if I didn't, then nobody would ever know what happened. I just wanted what I thought was due to me, and what was right."
Mike Joyce has not properly spoken to Morrissey since 1992 after a chance meeting in Altrincham. Joyce acknowledged significant political differences and declined to condemn Morrissey's controversial statements, noting Morrissey's apparent anger. Joyce said some people feel unable to separate The Smiths' music from Morrissey's views. He described his relationship with Morrissey as unusual and distant while praising Morrissey's humor. Financially, only Morrissey and Johnny Marr initially signed the band's contract, leaving Joyce and Andy Rourke without perpetual royalties; Joyce pursued litigation and was awarded £1 million.
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