Author: Johnny Marr

Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

I explored rock culture and what the guitar can do though people like Jimmy Page and John McLaughlin, and the music moves away from pop.

I explored rock culture and what the guitar can do though people like Jimmy Page and John McLaughlin, and the music moves away from pop.

- Johnny Marr

Nick Zinner has been one of my favorite guitar players for a long time.

Nick Zinner has been one of my favorite guitar players for a long time.

- Johnny Marr

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.

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

Joining Modest Mouse was just consistent with what I used to do as a teenager: I followed where I thought I would make some interesting music.

Joining Modest Mouse was just consistent with what I used to do as a teenager: I followed where I thought I would make some interesting music.

- Johnny Marr

I had to work and it never occurred to me not to. But then it's never really been about the money.

I had to work and it never occurred to me not to. But then it's never really been about the money.

- Johnny Marr

Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and I've been a guitar junkie ever since.

Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and I've been a guitar junkie ever since.

- Johnny Marr

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