According to Morrissey, writing on a Q&A session on his website, he is currently halfway through writing a novel because he found that, thanks to the sales of his autobiography, book sales are more profitable than record sales. Here’s what he had to say:

In 2013 I published my Autobiography and it has been more successful than any record I have ever released, so, yes, I am mid-way through my novel. I have my hopes. The actuality is that radio stations will not play my music, and the majority of people have lost faith in the music industry, and it’s generally assumed – quite rightly – that the number one chart positions are “bought” by the major labels, so there really is no passion left in pop or rock music, and I don’t think people believe for an instant that the faces we constantly see on television and in magazines are remotely popular. It’s all, now, solely a question of marketing. All success stories are safe and dreary, and you will never be taken by surprise by a hit song that sounds out of place. This is not just my view but the view of everyone I know.

 Morrissey is also working on a new album, which will be his first studio effort since 2009′s Years Of Refusal.

(via Stereogum)