Paul Weller Quotes - Page 5

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• A lot of young artists and musicians that we work with, you think they're gonna want to come in and buy the rock star-looking leather jacket - whatever it is that you think they're gonna want. They all want a suit. They want a tuxedo jacket, they want a suit. They don't want to look like their dad in it, but they want a suit.

  Paul Weller

  Stars, Dad, Thinking

  Source: www.clashmusic.com

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• Nothing wrong with pop.

  Paul Weller

  Pops

  "Factory Records Day: DiS met Anthony H. Wilson". Interview, drownedinsound.com. January 26th, 2009.

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• When recording, whatever you first think about, you come out with something totally different at the end of it. Whatever plans you have you throw away, because it's always going to end up sounding pretty different from what you initially thought of. I probably only had about five or six songs when I started, and it just sort of flowed from that.

  Paul Weller

  Song, Thinking, Different

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• I love the Kinks, but I like all sorts of music. If I stay at home at night and play records, I just go through the whole spectrum, really. I just love music.

  Paul Weller

  Home, Night, If I Stay

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• For me, there's always an early-'70s sense. There's always a sprinkle of it - if I do it exactly like that, sometimes it becomes too costume-y or too thought out. But the influences are there, without a doubt, always, because to me, that was the part that I also felt was the most defining of my own personality and my own style, and I also think that it's timeless. You never look wrong.

  Paul Weller

  Thinking, Personality, Style

  Source: www.clashmusic.com

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• Our campaigns have always been based on what we consider music icons that transcend generations and they're not of the moment - they continue to evolve.

  Paul Weller

  Icons, Generations, Campaigns

  Source: www.clashmusic.com

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• It's a global fashion thing; because of the Internet it has gotten really small. It's cluttered, but it's gotten small.

  Paul Weller

  Fashion, Internet

  Source: www.clashmusic.com

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• If you take skinny jeans - skinny jeans didn't just happen in the US, they were happening in Japan, they were happening in the UK, they were happening everywhere. Some places a little faster than others. But, if we look at our best sellers in this store, they're the same best sellers that we have in the States.

  Paul Weller

  Jeans, Japan, Littles

  Source: www.clashmusic.com

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• The whole thing with eastern music and instruments, I love all that stuff.

  Paul Weller

  Stuff, Instruments, Eastern

  Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. September 9, 2008.

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• I try to have an open ear, but at the end, it would never change direction to where I think I should go. Because if I listened to everybody else, they're thinking about what's right now or what was the last thing - they're not thinking about what's next.

  Paul Weller

  Thinking, Trying, Ears

  Source: www.clashmusic.com

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• I've not had Botox, no.

  Paul Weller

  Botox

  "Paul Weller: I am aware of the words 'national treasure' being attached to me" by Miranda Sawyer, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2010.

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• When you look at so much of what we all love, there's either soul-based to it, or it's the blues. It's really the beginnings of any kind of music. It really is; it all starts there. Because after that, it's music of the moment.

  Paul Weller

  Soul, Looks, Kind

  Source: www.clashmusic.com

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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.

  Paul Weller

  College, Passionate, Matter

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• Even somebody like The Black Keys or Royal Blood, they all have this original roots base to what they do.

  Paul Weller

  Roots, Keys, Blood

  Source: www.clashmusic.com

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• If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush its tender petals.

  Paul Weller

  Crush, Carnations, Petals

  "Song: 'Carnation' ('The Gift')". 1982.

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• I think part of what we do is there is a bit of dandy influence, always, or a little sprinkle of it. Not literal Savile Row dandy, but there's a bit of sartorial dandiness in everything that we do - every collection that we do.

  Paul Weller

  Thinking, Sprinkles, Littles

  Source: www.clashmusic.com

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• It is nice to make a record and people like it, and it's encouraging.

  Paul Weller

  Encouraging, Nice, People

  "Modfather gets mad: Paul Weller takes a swipe at bands who reunite for blocking new talent" by Clemmie Moodie, www.mirror.co.uk. August 24, 2012.

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• The '40s were quite austere and super glamorous.

  Paul Weller

  Glamorous

  Source: www.clashmusic.com

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• If we get through for two minutes only it will be a start!

  Paul Weller

  Two, Minutes, Ifs

  "Song: 'Start!'". 1980.

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• 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.

  Paul Weller

  Country, Thinking, People

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• If you're in music, you're in music, and if you're in music you just want to keep making records and playing. That's what it's about, isn't it? At least, that's what I always thought it was about, anyway.

  Paul Weller

  Records, Want, Ifs

  Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. September 9, 2008.

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• In my world [of fashion] there's more things that kind of affect it. There's the retailers we do business with, our own stores, my merchandising team... Everybody has opinions, and so you definitely have to filter through a lot.

  Paul Weller

  Fashion, Team, Filters

  Source: www.clashmusic.com

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