“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 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
“It can get boring. Not the playing the songs necessarily, or doing the clothes. You know, you need stimulus.” KnowsNeedsSongClothesBoringStimulus Author:Paul Weller
“I could say that 'Exile On Main Street' was my favourite or whatever, but I'm more about the songs and the artists and the sound that they bring.” ArtistSongSoundStreetsFavouriteExileMain Street Author: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 played "Going Underground", the Jam song, on his breakfast show. Then he got a text from some young kid asking if was a new band. I think a lot of people these days, younger people as well, are aware of all sorts of music, really. If you're into the Libertines you probably also have to be aware of the Beatles, or the Kinks. I think there's a better, possibly greater appreciation for all music, of all eras, I think.” PeopleThinkingKidsSongAppreciationEclecticLibertine Author:Paul Weller
“When recording, whatever you first think about, you come out with something totally different at the end of it. Whatever plans you have you throw away, because it's always going to end up sounding pretty different from what you initially thought of. I probably only had about five or six songs when I started, and it just sort of flowed from that.” ThinkingDifferentSong Author: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 30 years ago.” WritingYearsSongSoundConsciousYears AgoWriting Songs 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
“The Zombies were really unique - they had elements of jazz and classical music in their songs and songwriting. They had a very, very different sound compared to a lot of their contemporaries at the time.” DifferentSongSoundElementsUniqueJazzSongwritingZombieClassical Music 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
“I'm not big on rap, to be honest. I just don't get it. It's angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies, people singing.” PeopleBigsSongHonestSingingAngryRapBeing HonestMelodyShouting Author:Paul Weller
