Paul Weller Quotes

I don't feel old or young, I just am

I'm so lucky, I'm just really grateful for what I've got around me - children and my wife and everything else.

I think anybody goes through a crisis of confidence from time to time. You have to kind of doubt yourself, sometimes. It's the way forward.

In my old age, my mind gets more open, and I listen to so many different types of music and I guess that all reflects in my work.

People say that if you're still angry at 52, you're not an angry young man, just a grumpy old git.

You do your runway show, and it's all over the Internet before I see anything on there.

I'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music.

I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically, really.

Being a musician is a noble profession.

No one told Miles Davis or BB King to pack it in. John Lee Hooker played literally up to the day he died. Why should pop musicians be any different?

I'm fine with being thought of as a guitar player, and if I can get any recognition or respect for doing that, that's a pretty good thing for me.

It is nice to make a record and people like it, and it's encouraging.

Bullshit is bullshit, it just goes by different names

Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.

I really enjoy playing America. I like the audiences there. It's the home of a lot of music I grew up with.

I was such a massive fan of all the '60s pop bands, but if I had to single out one band, it would definitely be The Beatles.

I love soul music, that's my real love in life and in whatever shape or form it is.

We can't stop a baby in Africa from starving to death ... but we can afford enough technology and weaponry to blow the world up a million times over.

Life is a drink and you get drunk when you're young.

I only put an album out every two or three years.

The Beatles changed the world. They certainly changed my world, and many, many other individuals as well.

Even somebody like The Black Keys or Royal Blood, they all have this original roots base to what they do.

If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush its tender petals ...

Why not go down the pub? A guy once came up to me at a gig and asked me if I had MySpace. I said, 'This is my space, and you're invading it.'

I am aware of the words 'national treasure' being attached to me occasionally. It just makes me feel old.

Led Zeppelin would never have reformed if he or Jimmy Page were bald.

I suppose it's nice to have some surprise in life and to surprise yourself in life and see what else you can do.

It's always good to play New York. The Apollo is a great gig. I loved that.

If you're into a certain band, you're into the way they dress.

I'm always looking forward to what I'm doing now, and what's ahead.

I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil but it's impossible to hear it all because there's so much of it.

The '40s were quite austere and super glamorous.

I think the world is really small today, and fashion, from that end of it, it's instantaneous everywhere.

I had a total belief in The Style Council. I meant every word and felt every action.

I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.

I look for that stimulation constantly. I'm looking for inspiration and stimulation. Not bored with what we've done.

I've not had Botox, no.

I suppose I was much more serious-minded in the '70s and '80s.

It's just something internal that says, 'I've got to do this now. This is what I'm doing now.'

No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course.

All my children inspire me in life, and that always comes out in the writing.

I could say that 'Exile On Main Street' was my favourite or whatever, but I'm more about the songs and the artists and the sound that they bring.

I'm still a mod, I'll always be a mod, you can bury me a mod.

In all honesty, I don't know what one song can change.

I wanted to make a record that sounded like a continous piece

I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago.

I don't like the royal family, I don't like the establishment, I don't like the civil service.

The whole thing with eastern music and instruments, I love all that stuff.

I don't really wanna talk about politics, I'm not clever enough.

It can get boring. Not the playing the songs necessarily, or doing the clothes. You know, you need stimulus.

I still want to do what I want to do, but we also have to think about some sense of protecting the business that's out there as well.

It's a global fashion thing; because of the Internet it has gotten really small. It's cluttered, but it's gotten small.

I didn't imagine getting to 50, let alone still be playing music. When I was 18, I thought it'd all be over by the time I was 21.

I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.

If we get through for two minutes only it will be a start!

I play out my role, I've even been out walking -They tell me that it helps, but I know when I'm beaten ...

There's this British elegance that we, at times, have really missed in the States. We've always been more of a sportswear culture.

There is a shy side to me that evaporates when I play on stage, and I like that. I think it's another facet of my character, and I need to do that.

You can't live a lie. You have to follow your heart.

I'm not big on rap, to be honest. I just don't get it. It's angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies, people singing.

Nothing wrong with pop!

Sometimes you're ahead of the game and sometimes people don't get it and that's just one of those things you have to accept and carry on.

You can listen to music at any moment in the day or night. Which is great, but I think it kind of devalues it as well.

I don't like to get pigeonholed. I don't like it when people think they have you sewn up.

There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with people. But I felt good about them.

Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter.

I think you have to satisfy yourself first and foremost.

There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really don't want to do that.