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" In my old age, my mind gets more open, and I listen to so many different types of music and I guess that all reflects in my work. "
Paul Weller
Old Age
Mind
Work
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" If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts or number 60. I don't know, that's a commercial thing, but just the fact that other people like you... there's no point in making music, otherwise. Otherwise, you might as well make it in your bedroom and leave it there. "
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" I've always liked my clothes, even before I could properly afford them. Clothes for me were never a cloak, a cover. They were how I chose to express myself. "
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" I kept the first Rickenbacker I ever got, a little short-scale John Lennon-type model. And I've got a couple of 12-string models, which are really nice, and I've got a Pete Townshend model, which Pete gave me a few years ago. But that's about it. "
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" I don't really wanna talk about politics, I'm not clever enough. "
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" Being a musician is a noble profession. "
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" People say that if you're still angry at 52, you're not an angry young man, just a grumpy old git. "
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" All my children inspire me in life, and that always comes out in the writing. "
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Writing
Me
" I never saw myself as a spokesman for a generation. It was all a bit heavy for me. I saw myself as a songwriter and wrote for myself, which I still do, and I also wanted to communicate with my audience. "
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" No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course. "
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Enough
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Cowboy
" I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want. "
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Think
Want
" It is nice to make a record and people like it, and it's encouraging. "
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Like
Encouraging
" I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it. "
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Love
Playing
Music
" Getting to No. 1 makes everyone feel better; of course it does. But it's swings and roundabouts with these things. Sometimes you make a great record, and it clicks with people. And other times it passes them by; there's nothing you can do. It's still the same record. "
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You
Same
" I really enjoy playing America. I like the audiences there. It's the home of a lot of music I grew up with. "
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Like
Music
Enjoy
" I don't like the royal family, I don't like the establishment, I don't like the civil service. "
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Service
Civil
Family
" There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with people. But I felt good about them. "
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Good
Connected
Been
" I hear an album so many times during the course of making it that when I've just finished it, I don't want to hear it again. After you've taken a little bit of time away from it, you can come back to it, which can be scary. I'm happy with 'Sonik Kicks,' man. "
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" In the '90s, I think I rediscovered my guitar. The Jam was obviously very guitar-based, but in the Style Council I just got really disillusioned with playing the guitar. The further it went on, the less and less I played, to a point where I couldn't pick it up any more. "
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Point
More
Guitar
" I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically, really. And I'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music. "
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Doing
People
Think
" 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. "
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Bell
Country
City
" You can't live a lie. You have to follow your heart. "
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You
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Heart
" When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble. I don't only listen to the guitar player. "
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Bass
Guitar
" I'm sure there's a subconscious 'go for it' thing with turning 50. You want to do as much as possible and there are thoughts of how little time we have on the planet. For a lot of musicians in their 50s, the best days are behind them. I'd like to try and show that there is a future. "
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Thoughts
Future
Musicians
" I am aware of the words 'national treasure' being attached to me occasionally. It just makes me feel old. "
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Old
Words
Treasure
" The Jam were a good band, however I feel that the Style Council were better. A lot of people I know will disagree with me. Some things we did with The Style Council were misinterpreted or over their heads. "
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Know
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Me
" 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. "
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Country
Think
Politics
" I'm always looking for something. Not in an unhappy way. I just like to try different things. I don't want to be morbid, but I'm not getting any younger. "
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Want
Way
Always
" I think, with age, you learn that it comes in bursts and you've got no control over it. I'm not one of those people who says, 'I've got to write a song every day.' I just store up ideas, and really I have to wait until it finds me; I know when I'm ready to write. It used to frustrate me, but it doesn't any more. It's just how it is. "
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Ideas
Age
" I'm so lucky, I'm just really grateful for what I've got around me - children and my wife and everything else. "
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Grateful
Children
Got
" Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person. "
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Everyone
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