Mark E Smith: This much I know

Mark E Smith, singer, 52, ManchesterMy earliest memory is learning to read Muffin the Mule when I was about three.My first ambition in life was just to leave school and get my own place to live. Not to knock my family, but it was a crowded house. When I was 14 I used to have a calendar on my wall, crossing the days off until I was 15, because the school leaving age was 15. Then three months before I turned 15 they changed the leaving age to 16.When I was 18 the vision was to make music that didn...

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