Johnny Marr Quotes

Now chart music is a genre all of its own and it's slipped away from what I understand pop music as. It's pretty difficult to take; it clogs up the airwaves.

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• Now chart music is a genre all of its own and it's slipped away from what I understand pop music as. It's pretty difficult to take; it clogs up the airwaves.

  

  Johnny Marr Pretenders
  • Pop Music
  • Airwaves
  • Chart Music