latched on to Max, he could take it to another level.” Jarret Myer says, “You can’t overstate the influence Max had on Luke. One day he is remixing underground records, and the next day he is doing Kelly Clarkson. After Max, he had no inhibitions.” But Dr. Luke was also exactly what Max Martin needed. Gottwald had the knowledge to make the rock sound Martin Sandberg heard in his head. “He’s a better guitar player than me,” Max Martin remarked in Billboard. “He can travel in many worlds,” he added. “With his background as a guitar player, it seems within pop or rock, there’s nothing he’s not
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