Song Quotes by Paul Westerberg
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Paul Westerberg’s fifteen musings on song feel like notes from a diary, raw and unfiltered. He writes about the ache behind a lyric, the power of a simple chord, and the everyday moments that spark a melody. The set captures his earnest, indie‑rock sensibility.
![“Each album we [The Replacements] made was the one we were capable of making and wanted to make at the time. Each one was a progression or, depending on your opinion, a sidestep or tumble forward. I don't know what.” quote by Paul Westerberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/27f/paul-westerberg-14078_album_each-album-we-the-replacements-made-was_3184990.jpg)
![“We [The Replacements] formed as a rock and roll band, and that was the path we chose to take. Whenever we deviated from it we felt, unless everybody was into it, there was tension.” quote by Paul Westerberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4c2/paul-westerberg-14078_band_we-the-replacements-formed-as-a-rock-and_1105669.jpg)
![“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)
![“By the fourth or fifth record there was not a lot of time to sit around. We [The Replacements] stopped rehearsing. We stopped getting together and rehearsing. We'd perform, and that would take it all out of us. Then we'd be done touring and we'd be sick of each other. We'd never call each other up…” quote by Paul Westerberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/20e/paul-westerberg-14078_done_by-the-fourth-or-fifth-record-there-was_2182290.jpg)
