Here's an extract from August's issue of the German magazine "Visions" with a lengthy interview with Johnny Marr. Excerpt:

Q: Despite you are one of the most important and influential guitarists in the British music scene you`ve always preferred to earn your daily bread as a session musician for others or collaborate with other loners. Have you never had the intention of impersonating the role of the bandleader or to put into practice your musical ideas all by yourself?
J.M: I don't know exactly why but I've always seen myself as the one musical part of a double-headed monster. Saying that I must mention that the basis for these collaborations has always been real friendships which is why I never missed anything. Apart from that I love this extreme intensive energy which emerges between two people working together at a musical project. But meanwhile I've got the self-esteem and conviction that I could as well try it alone. Also each collaboration which I could do from now would mean a descent because Bernard Sumner is such a good human being and musician it can't be topped.

Q: So a Johnny Marr solo album is soon to come?
J.M.: I`m working on it at the moment, some of the songs have already been written. In this context, there are only two problems left: I've been looking for the right musicians with whom I get along as human beings and who don't constantly drop the drumstick out of nervousness only because they are rehearsing with Johnny Marr for a very long time now. Secondly I'm very unsatisfied with the results of my singing and the writing of the lyrics. That has to improve.