Morrissey does give good quote:
Smiths turned down $5m gig, says Morrissey
As the son and heir of nothing in particular, money means little to Morrissey - not even $5m to reform the Smiths.The 46-year-old singer yesterday revealed how he and his fellow former band mates had been offered the sum to reform for just one gig at the Coachella Valley festival, held in the Californian desert.
At a press conference at the music industry's biggest showcase event, south by southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, Morrissey said: “If people must know, it was $5m.” After the gasps died down he was asked if he had considered it. “I didn't give it a second thought because money doesn't come into it.”
Talking about the 1987 split, Morrissey blamed guitarist Johnny Marr: “I didn't feel we should have ended. He wanted to end it. So that was that.”
