“I think anybody goes through a crisis of confidence from time to time. You have to kind of doubt yourself, sometimes. It's the way forward.” ThinkingWayKindSometimesDoubtCrisisWay Forward Author:Paul Weller
“I get bored quickly. I kind of take my hat off to bands who have been around for a long time and still do the same thing, because it's hard to keep a band together for decades. But I couldn't do that. I couldn't play the same songs night after night or just trade on my past glories, because it wouldn't interest me as a person.” KindPersonsLongHas BeensStillsHardPlayTogetherPastNightSongInterestBandLong TimeGloryTradeDecadesBoredHatsMy PastHats Off Author:Paul Weller
“You can listen to music at any moment in the day or night. Which is great, but I think it kind of devalues it as well.” ThinkingWellsKindMomentsNightListening To MusicDevalue Author:Paul Weller
“Young people can listen to music at any moment in the day or night. Which is great, but I think it kind of devalues it as well. They don't feel the need to own it. They certainly don't feel the need to pay for it. I'd have to save up for weeks to buy an album when I was a kid, and that made it even more great for me when I finally got that thing in my hand.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsWellsKindMadeMomentsHandsKidsYoungNightPayWeekAlbumsMade ItListening To MusicDevalue Author:Paul Weller
“There's more to distract people, isn't there? When I was a kid there was music and football and clothes. And that was kind of it, really. Those three things defined you as a person.” PeopleKindPersonsKidsThreeFootballClothesDefinedThree Things Author:Paul Weller
“I think the biggest influence for me is when I hear a great piece of music, whatever the style, I'm kind of inspired by that greatness and I'm inspired to try and obtain something that comes close to that greatness.” ThinkingTryingKindPiecesInfluenceStyleGreatnessInspired Author: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 not still be interested if you've grown up in that kind of culture?” IfsKindStillsCultureStuffWealthClothesGreat Music Author:Paul Weller
“So much is filtered by pop music today, because the music industry is driven by single, single, single, single, the next single, not the nurturing of artists and that kind of thing.” KindTodayArtistNextIndustryPopsDrivenNurturingPop MusicMusic Industry Author:Paul Weller
“In my world [of fashion] there's more things that kind of affect it. There's the retailers we do business with, our own stores, my merchandising team... Everybody has opinions, and so you definitely have to filter through a lot.” WorldKindOpinionTeamFashionStoresFiltersRetailersMerchandising Author:Paul Weller
“I'm definitely obsessed about artists and the type of music and the playing and the tone and all that kind of thing - I'm not obsessed about what the best Beatles album is. I just think if The Beatles are great, they're great.” IfsThinkingKindArtistTypeAlbumsObsessedTone Author: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 the beginnings of any kind of music. It really is; it all starts there. Because after that, it's music of the moment.” LooksKindSoulMoments Author:Paul Weller
