The Smiths Johnny Marr On Innovation Coming From The Outside

As I work in music, I post from time to time about musicians I like.

This is a great article by Johnny Marr of The Smiths fame. It's about creativity coming from the outside by independent thinks and doers.

"But the British music industry has never, ever created anything, ever, in its history. It has never innovated anything. It's done plenty of good things – it's brought plenty of great innovators to light and helped to make great records and events – but nothing of any value was ever created inside the British or American music business. It always came from the outside, from outsiders created in the real world."

Johnny is a very passionate guy and I can draw a parallel from his views:

"One of the things I've learnt as I've got older, about movements and working with other people, is that in pop culture particularly, but in any of the arts, it's almost more important to define yourself by what you're against than by what you're for."

Stick by your guns, surround yourself with quality people with good taste. He even uses "maverick" when describing who really brings on changes and make things magical. Great advice these days.

Source: Irish Independent