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.' Paul Weller More Quotes by Paul Weller More Quotes From Paul Weller If you're into a certain band, you're into the way they dress. Paul Weller band dresses way 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. Paul Weller recognition guitar player 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. Paul Weller rap song people If we get through for two minutes only it will be a start! Paul Weller minutes ifs two When I lived in a little flat in Pimlico in 1981, I'd write in the hallway. As you walked in, there was a tiny little recess type thing, hardly a hallway, really, and I'd sit there writing songs with my guitar. Paul Weller guitar writing song When I'm dead I wanna leave a body of work, like authors or great painters do. Paul Weller painter body 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. Paul Weller style greatness thinking Life is a drink and you get drunk when you're young... Paul Weller drink drunk life-is 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. Paul Weller white house thinking Coming from a little suburban town, I wasn't a hip city kid. I was quite the opposite, really. Songs like 'Saturday's Kids' rang a bell for kids all over the country. That song was about the kids I grew up with. Paul Weller song country kids The Zombies were really unique - they had elements of jazz and classical music in their songs and songwriting. They had a very, very different sound compared to a lot of their contemporaries at the time. Paul Weller zombie unique song If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush its tender petals. Paul Weller carnations petals crush I think people are just really disappointed, disappointed with Blair as well, who's just like Bush's lapdog. I think everyone's just disillusioned with politics in our country, and it must be the same in your country. Paul Weller country people thinking If you're in music, you're in music, and if you're in music you just want to keep making records and playing. That's what it's about, isn't it? At least, that's what I always thought it was about, anyway. Paul Weller records ifs want You can listen to music at any moment in the day or night. Which is great, but I think it kind of devalues it as well. Paul Weller kind night thinking There are areas of music that I've never been to before, so that's always nice thing to have in life. That there are other areas you haven't been to. You haven't covered all the ground, and there's plenty more uncharted territory to cover as well. Paul Weller uncharted territory nice The whole thing with eastern music and instruments, I love all that stuff. Paul Weller eastern instruments stuff The Beatles changed the world. They certainly changed my world, and many, many other individuals as well. Paul Weller individual changed world 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. Paul Weller want numbers people Young people can listen to music at any moment in the day or night. Which is great, but I think it kind of devalues it as well. They don't feel the need to own it. They certainly don't feel the need to pay for it. I'd have to save up for weeks to buy an album when I was a kid, and that made it even more great for me when I finally got that thing in my hand. Paul Weller night kids thinking
