Paul Westerberg Quotes

United States, Musician
December 31, 1959

Paul Harold Westerberg is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter in The Replacements, one of the seminal alternative rock bands of the 1980s. He launched a solo career after the dissolution of that band. In recent years, he has cultivated a more independent-minded approach, primarily recording his music at home in his basement.

Also known as Guitarist, Songwriter

We The Replacements never made any money on tour. None of us came out of the school of economics. We took it for granted that a rock and roll band gets ripped off. We've tried to shake that tree a couple of times, but what can we do? You look back, when you're sort of idle in your middle years, and think, we should have made some money.

Paul Westerberg The Replacements
Some records are timeless, and some absolutely sound of their day.

Paul Westerberg The Replacements
- Sound
- Records
- Timeless

We play for free. We get paid for waiting.

Paul Westerberg The Replacements
- Free
- Play
- Waiting
By the fourth or fifth record there was not a lot of time to sit around. We The Replacements stopped rehearsing. We stopped getting together and rehearsing. We'd perform, and that would take it all out of us. Then we'd be done touring and we'd be sick of each other. We'd never call each other up and hang out.

Paul Westerberg The Replacements
- Together
- Sick
- Record
I'm constantly recording and playing down in the basement, and my voice is starting to sound really good. There's cracks and scratches in my voice that have been there since I was 19. It hasn't changed that much.

Paul Westerberg The Replacements