Morrissey: If

Morrissey has revealed that he has previously been treated for cancer, stating, "If I die, then I die. And if I don't, then I don't" regarding the procedures.

The singer has been hospitalised a number of times over the past years with several dates of a recent US tour cancelled due to ill health.

In a new interview with Spanish magazine El Mundo, however, the singer admitted for the first time that he had undergone a series of cancer-related treatments.

"They have scraped cancerous tissues four times already, but whatever," he said. "If I die, then I die. And if I don't, then I don't. Right now I feel good. I am aware that in some of my recent photos I look somewhat unhealthy, but that’s what illness can do. I’m not going to worry about that, I’ll rest when I’m dead.”

The 55-year-old singer went on to state that now he is at an age where "nobody knows what to do with [him]".

"[I'm] now at an age when I should no longer be making music," he told the magazine. "Many composers of classical music died at age 34. And I'm still here, and nobody knows what to do with me. With luck I will be able to stop singing forever, which would make many people happy!"

NME.

So it's not HIV/Aids like some people thought/hoped?

PS The exclamation mark is the canned laughter of the written word.