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

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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 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. "

" I've almost never played the 'Smiths' records, once they've gone out. I was always like that and probably always will be. "

" I really had a great time working with 'Modest Mouse,' just because of the people. I loved writing songs with Isaac Brock, and Jeremiah Green is probably my favorite musician that I've worked with. "

" 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. "

" You can grow up without having to conform, stop going to shows, stop having a record collection, start being politically iffy. "

" I would join a band, learn from that band and be committed and passionate and bring my thing to the band. Then, when I felt like we were going to repeat ourselves, and I needed to learn more, I would go somewhere else. "

" My experience tells me, unfortunately, that so many people ask the question about 'The Smiths' reforming without really caring about the answer. They just really want to ask the question. "

" If you're in a successful band, you tend to fall into a role. But I'm not remotely laddish. I'm a grown-up. I'm vegan and teetotal. I run 50 miles a week, listening to Franz Ferdinand and the Four Tops at top volume. "

" I played guitar from the age of four or five. Every year there would be a slightly larger triangular box under the Christmas tree, until finally I got one that was big enough to make a proper sound. "

" Joining Modest Mouse was just consistent with what I used to do as a teenager: I followed where I thought I would make some interesting music. "

" 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. "

" Nick Zinner has been one of my favorite guitar players for a long time. "

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

" 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. "

" I had to work and it never occurred to me not to. But then it's never really been about the money. "

" 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. "

" No one has any respect for someone who can play a million notes per minute but can't put together a decent tune that someone can sing to or feel some sort of emotion from. "

" 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. "

" Andy Rourke and I had been playing together from 14 or 15, and we had a very great musical chemistry. Andy's just a very respected and unusual musician. "

" I think good artists know when they're on a roll, and they recognize when lightning is striking. It's a very fortunate thing to have that inspiration and not to overanalyze it or mess with it; you just follow it if you love what you do. "

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

" 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. "