Johnny Marr Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“I seem to attract and be attracted to very willful, fascinating people.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“I can show bands how to produce themselves. In the same way, many bands think you can't make it without some fat cat in London or New York to manage you. That's just crap. All you need is someone a bit older than you with a bit of business nous whom you trust.”

“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.”

“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.”

“If people can finally recognize you on radio without being told who it is, that's what you aim for.”