“I never, ever wanted to be the Rolling Stones. Bless their hearts, but I dont necessarily want to go on doing the same old thing for the next 10, 20 years... I could see how easy it is to get into that rut, the whole touring mindset.” WantYearsHeartWholeWantedNextEasyGoes OnStonesMindsetBlessRollingTouringRolling StonesRutsOld ThingsSame Old Thing Author:Paul Weller
“I only put an album out every two or three years.” YearsTwoThreeAlbumsThree Years Author:Paul Weller
“Worldwide, most people dress more casually these days, don't they? They have done for the last 20 or 30 years, I suppose. So, every place that I go to, the majority of people really wear jeans, trainers, T-shirt - everybody seems to dress more for comfort. Whereas, even in my lifetime, even up to the early-'70s, there was still that thing of dressing up.” PeopleYearsStillsDoneSeemsLastsComfortDressesMajorityLifetimeThese DaysShirtsJeansDressingsT ShirtTrainersDressing Up Author:Paul Weller
“When I discovered blues - I was 12-years-old - I didn't discover it in America where it was from; I discovered it from Fleetwood Mac - the original Peter Green Fleetwood Mac, Saveloy Brown - like British blues interpretations of it,' which then, when I started the liner notes and seeing all these names, I was like, 'Who's Willie Dixon?' Then I go to the record store and ask the guy there and he goes, 'Oh, you don't know anything.' And so, to me, that's the root of most of it anyway.” KnowsYearsAmericaGuyAsksNamesRecordsSeeingRootsOriginalsGreenNotesBritishStoresBrownInterpretationPeterMacsRecord StoresFleetwood Mac 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
“Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.” YearsMeanImportantPopsSupposed To BeFlashPop Music Author:Paul Weller
