How he wrote "How I Wrote Elastic Man"

Mark E. Smith on his lyrical inspirations:

"I’ll give you two: the Prestwich Evening News and the Salford Advertiser. Local papers are great for material and I love the adverts and junk mail an’ that. Don’t read what everyone else reads, that’s my tip."

"My dad wouldn’t allow any books in the house apart from plumbing manuals and the Encyclopedia Britannica so I went down t’library. It’s closed now."

[via Triptych Cryptic]