Joan Morrissey - 2004 Winner of the Music Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Lifetime Achievement Award

"The year 2003 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of my mother's death and what better way to pay tribute to her than by writing about her extraordinary life. She was a pioneer in the music industry in Newfoundland and Labrador and she touched countless lives through her music."
"I hope that in some small way you get as much enjoyment and pleasure from reading the stories in this book as I have in writing them."
"So my dear reader, as we say in Newfoundland - 'sit back, have a cup of tea and a bicky' - and enjoy.
Yes My Dear...The Life and Times of Joan Morrissey Newfoundland's First Lady of Song." "You are in for a ride." ~ Debbie Morrissey Stafford