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
past paris people
In the past we used to come over to see what was going on in London or Paris or Milan or wherever - it's pretty much the same stuff everywhere [now], and people are wearing the same things, because it's all instantaneous with the Internet.
kids white ties
The first thing I bought that was really stylish was in 1969 when I was eleven. I saved up for a black, grey and white tie-dye grandad vest. It was too big - they weren't catering for kids my age - and hung off me, but I loved it.
children grateful wife
I'm so lucky, I'm just really grateful for what I've got around me - children and my wife and everything else.
way dresses band
If you're into a certain band, you're into the way they dress.
jeans clothes people
I wear jeans and a T-shirt sometimes. I just like clothes - since the first time I can remember, like age ten or eleven; I was just obsessed with music and clothes. Just like a lot of people in England from my generation.
mean years important
Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.
college matter passionate
Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter.
player guitar recognition
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.
home america grew
I really enjoy playing America. I like the audiences there. It's the home of a lot of music I grew up with.
new-york play gigs
It's always good to play New York. The Apollo is a great gig. I loved that.
nice surprise surprise-in-life
I suppose it's nice to have some surprise in life and to surprise yourself in life and see what else you can do.
thinking white house
The way that house music has become so white and so sanitized over the decades and the fact it's still going on, well I think it's sad really, but at the time I really loved it. I loved all the black house music that was coming out of Chicago and New Jersey, which I just thought was really soulful.
thinking artist tone
I'm definitely obsessed about artists and the type of music and the playing and the tone and all that kind of thing - I'm not obsessed about what the best Beatles album is. I just think if The Beatles are great, they're great.
thinking people
I don't like to get pigeonholed. I don't like it when people think they have you sewn up.