When some people spotted familiar words normally they post a thread in here. I seriously doubt he actively plagiarized them. The brain is funny sometimes, especially when it goes into mockingbird mode which I suspect Morrissey's does. I was recently a juror in a trial and I found that in my everyday conversation I started using words like "reasonable doubt" and "malice." Or after I watch a movie I unknowingly pull quotes from it. I'm just saying maybe his brain is wired like that since he uses it as a tool to solve other problems. Hard to explain. Re: Hmmmm Originally Posted by CrystalGeezer I seriously doubt he actively plagiarized them. The brain is funny sometimes, especially when it goes into mockingbird mode which I suspect Morrissey's does. I was recently a juror in a trial and I found that in my everyday conversation I started using words like "reasonable doubt" and "malice." Or after I watch a movie I unknowingly pull quotes from it. I'm just saying maybe his brain is wired like that since he uses it as a tool to solve other problems. Hard to explain. After reading the books (and watching the film) many times, when Morrissey was writitng lyrics these words came out uncontiously. Discovering some lyrics were taken from A Taste of Honey , still it didn't tarnish Morrissey's originarity. Re: Does Morrissey write all of his own lyrics? I think that there is a way to consciously use other people's work without plagiarizing