Bit of an odd question, this one, but a "what if?" question I've thought about for many years.
If Morrissey had gone to Uni do you think his lyrics wouldn't be as unique? He's obviously drawn on a bottomless well of poetry, literature, films. Would a higher learning institution have been like a middle man that took a percentage of his raw creativity away? Or would it have sent his lyrical genius even higher into the stratosphere?
A university-educated person would probably (emphasis on probably) not make the grammatical/spelling errors "Everyday is Like Sunday," "You Know I Couldn't Last" (the original Candy Darling quote was "Did you know..."), pronounce "annals" as "anals" etc. Having said that, Morrissey has intentionally incorporated grammatical errors into his lyrics ("I just wish you'd stay where you is" from America...)
Thoughts?