Music Quotes by Paul Weller

Being a musician is a noble profession.

— Paul Weller

The whole thing with eastern music and instruments, I love all that stuff.

— Paul Weller

I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote…

— Paul Weller

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

— Paul Weller

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

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Playing music is a lifetime's work. And if you want to carry on with it, you have to try to better yourself.…

— Paul Weller

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

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

— Paul Weller

It can get boring. Not the playing the songs necessarily, or doing the clothes. You know, you need stimulus.

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

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I saw an interview with Keith Richards. He said, 'How else could a kid in Dartford suddenly connect with and understand what…

— Paul Weller

Most people my age, their musical life ended in the '80s. They stick with what they know. But my tastes are much…

— Paul Weller

I take my hat off to people like the Stones, but it's not for me. I couldn't do that. Jagger is brilliant…

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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…

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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…

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I've bought clothes based on record covers. Particularly from the formative music that turned me onto it in the first place when…

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I'm sure there's a subconscious 'go for it' thing with turning 50. You want to do as much as possible and there…

— Paul Weller

There's such a wealth of great music, clothes or whatever. There is so much great stuff out there, that why would you…

— Paul Weller

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

— Paul Weller

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

— Paul Weller

I was always taught as a kid that if there's anything you want in life, you've got to work towards it. I…

— Paul Weller

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

— Paul Weller

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…

— Paul Weller

Right from the start with music, I was like, 'I'm just going to do this, and I don't care about anything else.…

— Paul Weller

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

— Paul Weller

I think you have to satisfy yourself first and foremost. There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't…

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I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil but it's impossible to hear…

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In my old age, my mind gets more open, and I listen to so many different types of music and I guess…

— Paul Weller

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

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I didn't imagine getting to 50, let alone still be playing music. When I was 18, I thought it'd all be over…

— Paul Weller

I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.

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I really enjoy playing America. I like the audiences there. It's the home of a lot of music I grew up with.

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Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something…

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I think the biggest influence for me is when I hear a great piece of music, whatever the style, I'm kind of…

— Paul Weller

When you look at so much of what we all love, there's either soul-based to it, or it's the blues. It's really…

— Paul Weller

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,…

— Paul Weller

There are areas of music that I've never been to before, so that's always nice thing to have in life. That there…

— Paul Weller

Music is the most natural thing in the world. When we go to a gig and we all like it and we…

— Paul Weller

The Zombies were really unique - they had elements of jazz and classical music in their songs and songwriting. They had a…

— Paul Weller

There were aspects of stardom I didn't like, which were of no consequence, really, but the positive things far outweighed the negative.…

— Paul Weller