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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.
Paul Weller
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Paul Weller
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 25
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In the past we used to come over to see what was going on in London or Paris or Milan or wherever - it's pretty much the same stuff everywhere [now], and people are wearing the same things, because it's all instantaneous with the Internet.
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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.
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I still want to do what I want to do, but we also have to think about some sense of protecting the business that's out there as well.
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You can't live a lie. You have to follow your heart.
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Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter.
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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.
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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.
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The '40s were quite austere and super glamorous.
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There's more to distract people, isn't there? When I was a kid there was music and football and clothes. And that was kind of it, really. Those three things defined you as a person.
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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.
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I never get too many problems. You can never please everyone anyway, obviously. And some people take the easy route and just play the greatest hits, and their audience is happy to hear that as well, and that's fine, but it wouldn't please me. But it doesn't trouble me.
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I saw an interview with Keith Richards. He said, 'How else could a kid in Dartford suddenly connect with and understand what Muddy Waters is singing?' There's a cultural difference, but there's just something in that music that subconsciously or internally you just understand it just makes sense.
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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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I look for that stimulation constantly. I'm looking for inspiration and stimulation. Not bored with what we've done.
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