I try to write for highest common denominator. I don't write for dumb people. I figure if everybody doesn't get it, that's OK. Someone bright enough will get it, and that's who I write for. It's probably not the way… — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
I didn't wake up one morning and not be in the Replacements. We're all that forever, and I've just grown older. I mean, I… — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
The best I can say is that it's better for me to write about despair and darkness than to be incapable of getting off… — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
I'm constantly recording and playing down in the basement, and my voice is starting to sound really good. There's cracks and scratches in my… — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not. — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
Nobody gets married to a clever song, let alone falls in love to one. — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept. — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
So I figured in keeping with the record, I'd do something off the wall which is show up for free and wing it... I… — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
Some records are timeless, and some absolutely sound of their day. — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything that will make me stop doing it. There may be a time when it's not available to anyone. You… — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
We [The Replacements] never made any money on tour. None of us came out of the school of economics. We took it for granted… — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
It's like, it's up to the people to fall in love with the song. The record company can only do so much. — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
The sheer volumes of songs have come from the hours of cold and darkness that one spends inside with the lights on. — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
![“We [The Replacements] never made any money on tour. None of us came out of the school of economics. We took it for granted that a rock and roll band gets ripped off. We've tried to shake that tree a couple of times, but what can we do? You look back, when you're sort of idle in your middle years…” quote by Paul Westerberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/94e/paul-westerberg-14078_back-when_we-the-replacements-never-made-any-money_688730.jpg)
