“You have to keep challenging yourself. I've always tried to do that, and I'm not saying I've always been successful. Maybe I've rewritten the same song; it's inevitable, but I've always been mindful of taking the writing somewhere else. You can't stick in your little comfort zone.” WritingLittlesSongChallengesSuccessfulComfortSticksInevitableZoneComfort ZoneSomewhere ElseChallenge Yourself Author:Paul Weller
“I think part of what we do is there is a bit of dandy influence, always, or a little sprinkle of it. Not literal Savile Row dandy, but there's a bit of sartorial dandiness in everything that we do - every collection that we do.” ThinkingLittlesBitsInfluenceCollectionsLiteralSprinklesDandy Author:Paul Weller
“If you take skinny jeans - skinny jeans didn't just happen in the US, they were happening in Japan, they were happening in the UK, they were happening everywhere. Some places a little faster than others. But, if we look at our best sellers in this store, they're the same best sellers that we have in the States.” IfsLooksLittlesStatesHappensHappeningsStoresFasterJapanJeansSkinnySellersBest SellersSkinny Jeans Author:Paul Weller
“Coming from a little suburban town, I wasn't a hip city kid. I was quite the opposite, really. Songs like 'Saturday's Kids' rang a bell for kids all over the country. That song was about the kids I grew up with.” LittlesCountryKidsSongCitiesGrewGrew UpOppositesTownsHipsBellsSaturday Author:Paul Weller
“When I lived in a little flat in Pimlico in 1981, I'd write in the hallway. As you walked in, there was a tiny little recess type thing, hardly a hallway, really, and I'd sit there writing songs with my guitar.” WritingLittlesSongTypeGuitarTinyFlatsWriting SongsHallwaysRecess Author:Paul Weller