I guess people probably ask you about a Smiths reunion every day. But it’s never going to happen…
I honestly wouldn’t hold your breath, but… I always say never say never. People mellow over the years, but I don’t know. By the same token, people have moved. Johnny’s doing his thing, Morrissey’s doing his thing. And he’s got this kind of rampant hatred of Mike Joyce now that he makes very public, so yeah. I think too many bridges have been kind of burned. The Smiths were five years of my life which I wouldn’t take back, because whether I was being screwed [out of songwriting royalties] or not, I enjoyed it at the time. The Smiths broke up when I was 23, started up when I was 17. I had a blast. It was never really about the money, it was something I was willing to do. I probably took things to excess cause I’m a bit younger than everybody else…