Paul Weller Quotes
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For me, the best thing I can do is play live. The best way for me to put over what I'm trying to do is to play live. Whether it's an acoustic show, electric or whatever... if I shine at all, that's where it all really happens - it just took me a while to rediscover that.
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'Ageism,' or whatever you want to call it, is a very English phenomenon. You don't get it too much in many other cultures. And no one says it about authors or poets or filmmakers. 'Oh, they're too old to make films or write books.'
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In all honesty, I don't know what one song can change.
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I don't like the royal family, I don't like the establishment, I don't like the civil service.
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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.
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I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do. It's just lazy journalism, but people start to accept it. If people spent an hour in my car driving around London and listening to the stuff I listen to, they'd hear some interesting stuff.
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If we get through for two minutes only it will be a start!
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Music is the most natural thing in the world. When we go to a gig and we all like it and we share that experience, it's the same sense of communion as a sacred rite in Borneo or wherever it may be; it just gets dressed up different. Its good for the soul.
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Two lovers kissing amongst the screams of midnight,Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude.
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I am aware of the words 'national treasure' being attached to me occasionally. It just makes me feel old.
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Some people might say my life is in a rut, but I'm quite happy with what I've got.
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I never saw myself as a spokesman for a generation. It was all a bit heavy for me. I saw myself as a songwriter and wrote for myself, which I still do, and I also wanted to communicate with my audience.
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It's so hard to understand why the world is your oyster but your future's a clam.
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Nothing wrong with pop!
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I suppose I was much more serious-minded in the '70s and '80s.
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The lords and ladies pass a rulingThat sons and girls go hand in landFrom good stock and the best breedingPaid for by the servile class.
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People say that if you're still angry at 52, you're not an angry young man, just a grumpy old git.
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When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble. I don't only listen to the guitar player.
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I think I come from a time when all the artists I grew up with and I loved always used to try and push the boundaries, and there doesn't seem so much of that, really.
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I don't really wanna talk about politics, I'm not clever enough.
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I want to see where and how far I can go as an artist. I look back and see what I've done, and I want to do as much as I can in my lifetime. I love doing it. If I didn't have that passion or love for it, I wouldn't do it.
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A whole street's belief in Sunday's roast beef gets dashed against the Co-op,To either cut down on beer or the kids' new gear, it's a big decision in a town called malice.
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No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course.
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I play out my role, I've even been out walking -They tell me that it helps, but I know when I'm beaten...