GQ: 'Were you in love with Johnny Marr?' M: 'Sexually? Absolutely not. There was a love and it was mutual and equal but it wasn't physical or sexual. There are lots of people post-Smiths who would like to make some dramatic homosexual story. There never was one. It's often said that Johnny rescued me but he was also bobbing about in his own lifeboat.'

GQ: 'Who'll be the first of the Smiths to die?' M: 'Me. I'll be shot - probably by one of the ex-Smiths.'

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