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The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please their want of taste, to flatter their absurd vanity, to tell them what they have been told before, to show them what they ought to be tired of seeing, to amuse them when they feel heavy after eating too much, and to distract their thoughts when they are wearied of their own stupidity. Now Art should never try to be popular. In England, the arts that have escaped best are the arts in which the public take no interest. Poetry is an instance of what I mean. We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The public like to insult poets because they are individual, but once they have insulted them, they leave them alone.
Are you honestly trying to suggest that Morrissey does not want to be "popular"? Check out these postings on the True to You website archive, which has we know are either written By Morrissey or have to be cleared by him prior to being put on the site.
19 July 2015. Morrissey San Diego dates are sold out. Both dates in San Diego sold out instantly.
30 January 2015. Morrissey's 2013 Autobiography remained in Penguin Books' top ten best-sellers list for 2014.
20 July 2014. UK chart position. Morrissey's World Peace is None of Your Business is the highest UK chart entry this week at number 2.
14 July 2014.Day One. First day sales for World Peace is None of Your Business show the following chart positions:
Number One: Argentina, Chile, Peru.
Number Two: Brazil, Denmark, Greece.
Number Five: Israel, Spain, Sweden.
Number Six: Hungary, Italy, Turkey, Norway.
Number Eight: Luxembourg, Portugal, Poland.
Number Ten: Belgium.
Number Eleven: Ireland.
18 September 2014. Introducing Morrissey DVD UK and US chart positions. The Introducing Morrissey DVD has entered at #2 (highest entry) in the UK Music Video Chart, and has entered at #14 in the US Music Video Chart.
15 July 2014
UK chart position / day one
Morrissey is #2 in the UK with World Peace Is None Of Your Business. He is just over one thousand sales behind Ed Sheeran
who is clinging on to the number one position.
Please support Morrissey by purchasing World Peace Is None Of Your Business in the next few days in an effort to oust Ed Sheeran. Thank you.
11 July 2014. Morrissey's World Peace is None Of Your Business is available in the UK on Monday (July 14) as standard CD, deluxe CD and also LP. Morrissey's strongest competition for a high UK chart entry is Ed Sheeran.
Chart return shops in the UK are HMV, Tesco, Morrisons and Asda, sales from which all contribute to chart positions.