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“There's always peripheral things that you like that you don't know, but starting with whatever his British influences are, are some of my favourite artists, and the American things are what I grew up on as well. In the end, for me, it's those foundations of the music business - those things that are a lot of the foundations of what music today is. You can hear a bit of all of those things that we talk about in almost all music today.”

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Paul Weller, born on May 25, 1958, is a renowned British musician. He was a member of the iconic bands The Style Council and The Jam, known for his unique musical style and significant influence on British popular music. more

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