English - Musician | May 25, 1958 -
I take my hat off to people like the Stones, but it's not for me. I couldn't do that. Jagger is brilliant and long may he rock. I couldn't make my career out of old songs; it would do my head in.
Paul Weller
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Most people my age, their musical life ended in the '80s. They stick with what they know. But my tastes are much broader. And I don't want to stop learning.
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Playing music is a lifetime's work. And if you want to carry on with it, you have to try to better yourself. You have to see where the music can take you.
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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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There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really don't want to do that.
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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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I think I come from a time when all the artists I grew up with and I loved always used to try and push the boundaries, and there doesn't seem so much of that, really.
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It is nice to make a record and people like it, and it's encouraging.
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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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I suppose I was much more serious-minded in the '70s and '80s.
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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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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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