Den britiske forfatter Daniel Rachel har interviewet en masse dygtige britiske sangskrivere (dog har han også interviewet Sting) og det er der kommet en bog ud af, som The Guardian bringer uddrag fra. Neil Tennant, John Lydon, Ray Davies, Andy Partridge, Paul Wellerog mange flere, hvoraf nogle ofte bliver lobhudlet her på bloggen, har interessant ting at berette.

Mick Jones fortæller om hvordan “Rock The Casbah” blev til; særlig interessant er interviewet med Johnny Marr. Han har en del interessante ting at fortælle om sit samarbejde med Morrissey:

How important was his reaction to your music; how did you present your ideas?
I’d bring a cassette round to his house, which was the main thing, or, because we were always working, either in the studio or at gigs. I knew he’d be waiting for me … my riffs would be around. When I put “Bigmouth” on a cassette for him it was that riff I’d been playing at the soundcheck for the past two weeks … Sometimes I’d stick it through the letter box and split, with a little card saying, “Check this out, check this out, check this out!” He’d digest it and call me back a couple of hours later and say, “It’s a single,” or “It’s a triumph,” or “It’s so great I even switched Coronation Street off”.