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

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Johnny Marr

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The biggest influence on me in music was my mother. We were both infatuated with music.

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Guitar has been my life's passion. I first picked up a guitar at the age of four and have been crazy about guitars ever since.

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I almost never played 'Smith' records once they went out. I always was like this and probably always will be.

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Andy Rourke and I had been playing together for 14 or 15 years, and we had a great musical chemistry. Andy is a very respected and unusual musician.

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A day-time song like 'Word Starts Attack', I want to make your heart flutter and make you punch the air with your fist. It can't be burdensome.

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If people can eventually recognize you on the radio without telling them who it is, that's your goal.

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Getting involved with Modest Mouse was more in line with what I was doing as a teenager: I followed where I thought I would make some interesting music.

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Festivals are great because you get to just turn around the corner and see a new band that you've heard of but haven't had a chance to see.

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You can grow up without conforming, stop going to shows, stop collecting records, start being a political failure.

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