Paul Weller Quotes (9 Quotes)


    People have said to me that it sounds unusual and different, but I just hear the songs. That's all I'm really interested in. Writing good songs and making them sound as fresh and timeless as possible. You know, if you stumble on something new along the way that's great. But I'm not into new sounds just for the sake of it. I'm a songwriter.

    I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.

    It was a very formative time for me when I was getting into music. It was the year of the concept album and there were so many fantastic singles.

    To me, there's this false veneer of democracy - I suppose we have our say and our votes and all that, but to no avail really. I mean, they made their minds up that they wanted to march into someone else's country, and they're going to do it, with their agendas, and that's that. There were millions of people out on the streets in America and all over the world last year, and it didn't make any difference.

    Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.


    I don't really wanna talk about politics, I'm not clever enough.

    I was only 21. I was just trying to take everyday subjects and write about things other people weren't writing about - working-class life and culture.

    I think people are just really disappointed, disappointed with Blair as well, who's just like Bush's lapdog. I think everyone's just disillusioned with politics in our country, and it must be the same in your country.

    It's Thursday evening in Toronto -- I had to actually ask the drummer -- but for us, it's Friday night.


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