A day-time song like 'Word Starts Attack,' I want to make your heart blow up and make you want to punch the air with your fist. It can't be ponderous. — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
We're in a society where no one's putting a gun to your head and making you use your phone, but some people start to crack. "I Want the Heartbeat" is about the downside of it. People can and do break… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
If people can finally recognize you on radio without being told who it is, that's what you aim for. — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
If people can finally recognize you on radio without being told who it is, thats what you aim for. — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
I played guitar from the age of four or five. Every year there would be a slightly larger triangular box under the Christmas tree,… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
I think one of the things about being around for a while and getting to know yourself is that when you do have these… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
Occasionally, a great band would come along, like Blondie or OutKast who could be pop and bring interesting ideas into the mainstream at the… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
I met my manager when I was 17, when I didn't have enough money to buy a set of guitar strings. There are not… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and Ive been a guitar junkie… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
Coming from a working-class background, where my father did manual labor, was a good grounding; I was obsessed with getting a job or getting… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music. — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
I don't really care what music's made on - I love guitars, but I'm fine with great electronic music. — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
In the earlier part of the 90s, I was really hell-bent on discovering how new technology works and how to make records entirely without… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
