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Paul Weller
English
Musician
Born:
May 25
,
1958
Me
Music
People
Think
Time
You
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People say that if you're still angry at 52, you're not an angry young man, just a grumpy old git.
Paul Weller
Angry
You
Man
People
Old
Young
Say
People Say
Git
Still
Just
Young Man
Grumpy
When I'm dead, I wanna leave a body of work, like authors or great painters do.
Paul Weller
Work
Great
Like
Dead
Leave
Authors
Wanna
Body
Painters
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.
Paul Weller
Death
Technology
World
Baby
Enough
Starving
Weaponry
Over
Up
Times
Afford
Blow
Stop
Africa
Million
Million Times
People say you make your best work when you're in despair and all that, and at your lowest - but for me, I think happiness makes you positive, and I think that's a good creative place to write from.
Paul Weller
Positive
Happiness
Work
Best
Good
Me
You
Creative
People
Think
Despair
Say
Best Work
People Say
Write
Make
Makes
Place
Your
Lowest
I never, ever wanted to be the Rolling Stones. Bless their hearts, but I don't necessarily want to go on doing the same old thing for the next 10, 20 years... I could see how easy it is to get into that rut, the whole touring mindset.
Paul Weller
Old
Mindset
Easy
See
Rut
Could
Never
Touring
Bless
How
Doing
Go
Years
Get
Hearts
Same
Rolling
Stones
Rolling Stones
Want
Wanted
Next
Old Thing
Whole
Ever
Thing
Necessarily
Nothing wrong with pop!
Paul Weller
Nothing
Wrong
Pop
I've not had Botox, no.
Paul Weller
Botox
Had
Being a musician is a noble profession.
Paul Weller
Musician
Noble
Being
Profession
In all honesty, I don't know what one song can change.
Paul Weller
Change
Honesty
Song
Know
I had a total belief in The Style Council. I meant every word and felt every action.
Paul Weller
Word
Style
Action
Every
Total
Council
Had
Felt
Meant
Belief
Playing music is a lifetime's work. And if you want to carry on with it, you have to try to better yourself. You have to see where the music can take you.
Paul Weller
Work
Music
You
Yourself
Better
Try
Carry
See
Take
Lifetime
Where
Want
Playing
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.
Paul Weller
Work
Music
Age
Old
Mind
Old Age
Guess
Types
More
Open
Reflects
Gets
Listen
Different
Many
Different Types
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.
Paul Weller
Age
Comfortable
Stick
Get
Just
Artists
Want
Really
Groove
Who
Many
Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter.
Paul Weller
Music
Matter
College
About
Never
Had
Talent
Another
How
How Much
Passionate
Option
Going
Much
Actually
I'm so lucky, I'm just really grateful for what I've got around me - children and my wife and everything else.
Paul Weller
Me
Grateful
Wife
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Around
Got
Just
Children
Really
Lucky
I kept the first Rickenbacker I ever got, a little short-scale John Lennon-type model. And I've got a couple of 12-string models, which are really nice, and I've got a Pete Townshend model, which Pete gave me a few years ago. But that's about it.
Paul Weller
Me
First
Few
Nice
Gave
John
About
Couple
Got
Years
Years Ago
Model
Models
Which
Little
Really
Ever
Kept
When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble. I don't only listen to the guitar player.
Paul Weller
Guitar
Bass
Everything
Ensemble
Guitar Player
Record
Only
Voice
Piece
Drums
Arrangement
Making
Listen
Whole
Player
I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do. It's just lazy journalism, but people start to accept it. If people spent an hour in my car driving around London and listening to the stuff I listen to, they'd hear some interesting stuff.
Paul Weller
People
Listening
Car
Spent
One Thing
London
Some
About
Layers
Lazy
Driving
Journalism
Stuff
Hour
Accept
Around
Hear
Lots
Labelled
Get
Listen
Just
Being
Interesting
Thing
Start
I've always had self-belief, though my sensitive side has never been fully appreciated. For every 'Down in the Tube Station at Midnight,' I've written an 'English Rose.' People forget.
Paul Weller
People
Rose
Down
Every
Side
Station
Though
Never
Had
Written
Always
Been
Forget
Tube
Sensitive
Midnight
English
Fully
Appreciated
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
Angry
People
Song
Singing
Big
To Be Honest
Melodies
Rap
Like
Get
Just
Shouting
Honest
There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with people. But I felt good about them.
Paul Weller
Good
People
Pleased
About
Records
Felt
Been
Them
Really
Connected
I was always taught as a kid that if there's anything you want in life, you've got to work towards it. I guess that sort of stayed with me, really. But also, for me, from the time I was, like, 10 years old, all I ever wanted to do was be in a band and make music.
Paul Weller
Life
Work
Music
Time
Me
You
Old
Band
Guess
Kid
Stayed
Towards
Like
Also
Make
Sort
Always
Got
Years
Taught
Want
Wanted
Anything
Really
Ever
When I told my mum I was going to play my first gig when I was 14, she couldn't believe it, cause I was painfully shy at that time. But I just done it, put my head down and got through it. And I suppose there's still a little bit of that, even though it's many years later and I've been doing it for a long time.
Paul Weller
Time
Cause
Long
Long Time
First
Down
Believe
Later
Bit
Though
Gig
Through
Put
Head
Suppose
She
Got
Still
Doing
Been
Years
Done
Going
Just
Little
Little Bit
Painfully
Many
Even
Mum
Play
Shy
There is a shy side to me that evaporates when I play on stage, and I like that. I think it's another facet of my character, and I need to do that.
Paul Weller
Character
Me
Stage
Think
Side
Facet
Like
Another
Evaporates
Play
Shy
Need
I was such a massive fan of all the '60s pop bands, but if I had to single out one band, it would definitely be The Beatles.
Paul Weller
Beatles
Single
Band
Definitely
Out
Would
Had
Massive
Bands
Fan
Pop
For me, the best thing I can do is play live. The best way for me to put over what I'm trying to do is to play live. Whether it's an acoustic show, electric or whatever... if I shine at all, that's where it all really happens - it just took me a while to rediscover that.
Paul Weller
Best
Me
Shine
Whatever
Live
Took
Way
Best Way
Put
Over
Rediscover
Trying
Just
Where
Happens
Whether
While
Acoustic
Really
Electric
Show
Play
Thing
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