Paul Weller Quotes
Top 68 wise famous quotes and sayings by Paul Weller
Paul Weller Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 a global fashion thing; because of the Internet it has gotten really small. It's cluttered, but it's gotten small.
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.
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.
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.
Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter.
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.
There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with people. But I felt good about them.
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 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 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.
I think the world is really small today, and fashion, from that end of it, it's instantaneous everywhere.
I look for that stimulation constantly. I'm looking for inspiration and stimulation. Not bored with what we've done.
No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course.
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.
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.