Johnny Marr chats to Simon Mayo about his autobiography 'Set The Boy Free':
'I was a good judge of character' Johnny Marr on the close relationships during the early days of The Smiths - BBC Music
Johnny Marr chats to Simon Mayo about his autobiography 'Set The Boy Free'.
Johnny Marr reveals Paul McCartney helped him after The Smiths split with one pearl of wisdom:
Johnny Marr reveals Paul McCartney helped him after The Smiths split with one pearl of wisdom - Manchester Evening News
He talked to the ex-Beatles star for a little advice after the 'emotional' split
Excerpt:
“Then we took a break and he was asking what was going on with me. “Linda very genuinely asked me how I was getting on with the post-Smiths break-up.
“I was honest with her. It was very emotionally quite raw, you know, and I said to her ‘wherever I go, people won’t stop asking me’.
“I took a moment and I thought ‘okay, I’m sat in the presence of the one person who could really, really give me some insight into this situation, you know.
“The man who’s been defined by a song writing partnership - if anyone can give me some advice, it’s him.
“So, I told him what had been going on and he took a minute and he looked at me and he paused and said ‘that’s bands for you’.
“And, actually, I haven’t really thought of a better way of putting it. He knows a thing or two about bands.”
'I was a good judge of character' Johnny Marr on the close relationships during the early days of The Smiths - BBC Music
Johnny Marr chats to Simon Mayo about his autobiography 'Set The Boy Free'.
Johnny Marr reveals Paul McCartney helped him after The Smiths split with one pearl of wisdom:
Johnny Marr reveals Paul McCartney helped him after The Smiths split with one pearl of wisdom - Manchester Evening News
He talked to the ex-Beatles star for a little advice after the 'emotional' split
Excerpt:
“Then we took a break and he was asking what was going on with me. “Linda very genuinely asked me how I was getting on with the post-Smiths break-up.
“I was honest with her. It was very emotionally quite raw, you know, and I said to her ‘wherever I go, people won’t stop asking me’.
“I took a moment and I thought ‘okay, I’m sat in the presence of the one person who could really, really give me some insight into this situation, you know.
“The man who’s been defined by a song writing partnership - if anyone can give me some advice, it’s him.
“So, I told him what had been going on and he took a minute and he looked at me and he paused and said ‘that’s bands for you’.
“And, actually, I haven’t really thought of a better way of putting it. He knows a thing or two about bands.”
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