Paul Weller Quotes

It's just something internal that says, 'I've got to do this now. This is what I'm doing now.'

The Beatles changed the world. They certainly changed my world, and many, many other individuals as well.

If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts or number 60.

I wanted to make a record that sounded like a continous piece

I don't really wanna talk about politics, I'm not clever enough.

In my old age, my mind gets more open, and I listen to so many different types of music and I guess that all reflects in my work.

I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically, really.

It's a global fashion thing; because of the Internet it has gotten really small. It's cluttered, but it's gotten small.

I've not had Botox, no.

Nothing wrong with pop.

The whole nostalgia thing, and just sticking with what you always liked and what you know and not taking a chance on something or expanding. I think especially after a certain age.

I don't know if there's any formula. I'm not sure I believe in that, to be honest. I don't know if there's any rhyme or reason to music. Sometimes it hits and sometimes it doesn't, really.

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.

When I'm dead I wanna leave a body of work, like authors or great painters do.

There's more to distract people, isn't there? When I was a kid there was music and football and clothes. And that was kind of it, really. Those three things defined you as a person.

People say that if you're still angry at 52, you're not an angry young man, just a grumpy old git.

I love the Kinks, but I like all sorts of music. If I stay at home at night and play records, I just go through the whole spectrum, really. I just love music.

I just pretty much love from 1966 to 1972, that's my time. I think everything that needs to be said was said within that time. That's just a subjective thing, as well.

I love soul music, that's my real love in life and in whatever shape or form it is.

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.

I'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music.

Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter.

Our campaigns have always been based on what we consider music icons that transcend generations and they're not of the moment - they continue to evolve.

The '40s were quite austere and super glamorous.

I'm not big on rap, to be honest. I just don't get it. It's angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies, people singing.

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.

It's always good to play New York. The Apollo is a great gig. I loved that.

We can't stop a baby in Africa from starving to death... but we can afford enough technology and weaponry to blow the world up a million times over.