Artist Quotes by Paul Weller

10 Artist quotes by Paul Weller

Paul Weller’s reflections on being an artist unfold in a few well‑chosen lines, mixing modesty with confidence. These brief notes give a taste of how the “Modfather” perceives the balance between tradition and experimentation.

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I'm definitely obsessed about artists and the type of music and the playing and the tone and all that kind of thing…

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So much is filtered by pop music today, because the music industry is driven by single, single, single, single, the next single,…

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There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really…

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I want to see where and how far I can go as an artist. I look back and see what I've done,…

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I could say that 'Exile On Main Street' was my favourite or whatever, but I'm more about the songs and the artists…

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There's always peripheral things that you like that you don't know, but starting with whatever his British influences are, are some of…

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A lot of young artists and musicians that we work with, you think they're gonna want to come in and buy the…

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It's quite liberating to get to a certain age, 'cos you're not chasing number one hits or trying to be an international…

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An artist or writer always has to move forward. All the time you're trying to improve yourself, or at least look at…

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I think if you're a creative person, then you're always kinda looking to move things along - 'Where else can I go?…

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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.

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Music's totally eclectic now. I saw a DJ the other day, he was on Virgin radio over here, and he said he played "Going…

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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…

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Young people can listen to music at any moment in the day or night. Which is great, but I think it kind of devalues…

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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…

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No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course.

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In all honesty, I don't know what one song can change.

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I wear jeans and a T-shirt sometimes. I just like clothes - since the first time I can remember, like age ten or eleven;…

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I come from a time when every kid dressed up. Everybody. If you didn't, you wouldn't be able to hang out. It was very…

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I don't like to get pigeonholed. I don't like it when people think they have you sewn up.

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I don't like the royal family, I don't like the establishment, I don't like the civil service.

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There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with people. But I felt good about them.

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I'm still a mod, I'll always be a mod, you can bury me a mod.

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