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
greatness thinking style
I think the biggest influence for me is when I hear a great piece of music, whatever the style, I'm kind of inspired by that greatness and I'm inspired to try and obtain something that comes close to that greatness.
space guy why-not
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.'
song writing years
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.
people records connected
There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with people. But I felt good about them.
song past night
I get bored quickly. I kind of take my hat off to bands who have been around for a long time and still do the same thing, because it's hard to keep a band together for decades. But I couldn't do that. I couldn't play the same songs night after night or just trade on my past glories, because it wouldn't interest me as a person.
song artist sound
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.
thinking long inspire
I'd like to think I've left something in the world. Without in any way trying to be morbid, but life is very short, and I'd like to think I'd leave some body of work that would inspire other musicians long after I've gone.
royal establishment civil-service
I don't like the royal family, I don't like the establishment, I don't like the civil service.
player age records
When I got into the Beatles, I must have only been about six or seven but old enough to take notice. We used to have an old radiogram which, for readers of a certain age, was like a big cabinet thing with a record player inside it.
just-being layers one-thing
I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do.
thinking want wells
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.
jobs moving thinking
It's important to know all those things, but part of our jobs is to move people along and to make people excited to buy music or buy clothes, and give them enjoyment, I think, too.
song clothes needs
It can get boring. Not the playing the songs necessarily, or doing the clothes. You know, you need stimulus.
looking-forward always-looking-forward
I'm always looking forward to what I'm doing now, and what's ahead.