Song Quotes by Johnny Marr

17 Song quotes by Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr’s reflections on songs echo the melodic hooks that defined a generation. In these 17 snippets you’ll hear his take on chord progressions, lyrical partnership, and the subtle art of songwriting.

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I didn't form a group to perform Cilla Black songs.

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“Here's a song, here's another, here's a third...now go on and write a story.”

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The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.

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I'm not interested in trying to have people who might like other kinds of music follow me. I don't want to please…

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A day-time song like 'Word Starts Attack,' I want to make your heart blow up and make you want to punch the…

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Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and Ive been a…

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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…

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Joining Modest Mouse was just consistent with what I used to do as a teenager: I followed where I thought I would…

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I really had a great time working with 'Modest Mouse,' just because of the people. I loved writing songs with Isaac Brock,…

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I played guitar from the age of four or five. Every year there would be a slightly larger triangular box under the…

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When Morrissey and I started The Smiths, we thought pop music was the most important thing in the world. It was almost…

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I can show bands how to produce themselves. In the same way, many bands think you can't make it without some fat…

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As a youngster, I used to try to pick up any bits of wisdom about the guitar I could. It's not like…

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People say to me, 'Do you dye your hair?' and I say, 'Well, does f**king Siouxsie Sioux? Does Bowie?'. Of course I'm…

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I dont like to waste notes, not even one. I like to put the right note in the right place, and my…

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I don't like to waste notes, not even one. I like to put the right note in the right place, and my…

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I haven't been walking around for years with some burning desire to do a solo record. If I had, maybe I'd have…

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