Paul Weller
Paul Weller
John William "Paul" Weller, Jr.is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/new wave/mod revival band The Jam. He had further success with the blue-eyed soul music of The Style Council, before establishing himself as a solo artist in 1991...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth25 May 1958
thinking way-forward doubt
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.
games people sometimes
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.
fashion thinking world
I think the world is really small today, and fashion, from that end of it, it's instantaneous everywhere.
mods stills
I'm still a mod, I'll always be a mod, you can bury me a mod.
song writing successful
You have to keep challenging yourself. I've always tried to do that, and I'm not saying I've always been successful. Maybe I've rewritten the same song; it's inevitable, but I've always been mindful of taking the writing somewhere else. You can't stick in your little comfort zone.
guitar frustrated aggressive
Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.
council further jam less obviously pick playing
In the '90s, I think I rediscovered my guitar. The Jam was obviously very guitar-based, but in the Style Council I just got really disillusioned with playing the guitar. The further it went on, the less and less I played, to a point where I couldn't pick it up any more.
cowboy men should-have
No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course.
thinking firsts
I think you have to satisfy yourself first and foremost.
years two albums
I only put an album out every two or three years.
young feels
I don't feel old or young, I just am
soul looks kind
When you look at so much of what we all love, there's either soul-based to it, or it's the blues. It's really the beginnings of any kind of music. It really is; it all starts there. Because after that, it's music of the moment.
real soul shapes
I love soul music, that's my real love in life and in whatever shape or form it is.