I live a super-healthy lifestyle not because it’s sensible or that I’m contrite, but because I need to keep my focus on the music I’m making. To do that, I need to be wide awake. Johnny Marr Read Quote
If you’re in a successful band, you tend to fall into a role. But I’m not remotely laddish. I’m a grown-up. I’m vegan and teetotal. I run 50 miles a week, listening to Franz Ferdinand and the Four Tops at top volume. Johnny Marr Read Quote
Festivals are great because you get to just walk around the corner and see a new band that you’ve heard but not had the chance to check out. Johnny Marr Read Quote
The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music. Johnny Marr Read Quote
I really had a great time working with ‘Modest Mouse,’ just because of the people. I loved writing songs with Isaac Brock, and Jeremiah Green is probably my favorite musician that I’ve worked with. Johnny Marr Read Quote
Andy Rourke and I had been playing together from 14 or 15, and we had a very great musical chemistry. Andy’s just a very respected and unusual musician. Johnny Marr Read Quote
I don’t like to waste notes, not even one. I like to put the right note in the right place, and my influences have always been those kinds of players. Keith Richards comes to mind, and I really like Nils Lofgren’s soloing, because he’s so melodic. I love John Lennon’s rhythm playing, and George Harrison was an incredible guitarist. Johnny Marr Read Quote
My experience tells me, unfortunately, that so many people ask the question about ‘The Smiths’ reforming without really caring about the answer. They just really want to ask the question. Johnny Marr Read Quote
No one has any respect for someone who can play a million notes per minute but can’t put together a decent tune that someone can sing to or feel some sort of emotion from. Johnny Marr Read Quote
As a youngster, I used to try to pick up any bits of wisdom about the guitar I could. It’s not like now where you have books and books about every aspect of anything. Any little pearl of wisdom was welcome back then. Johnny Marr Read Quote
