Paul Weller (singer)
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Paul John Weller (born John William Weller on 25 May 1958, in Sheerwater, near Woking, Surrey) is an English singer-songwriter. Weller was the leader and creator behind the formation of two successful bands, The Jam (1976–1982) and The Style Council (1983–1989), before starting a successful solo career in 1990.
Quotes
[edit]- Life is a drink and you get drunk when you're young.
- When You're Young (1979)
- It's so hard to understand why the world is your oyster but your future's a clam.
- When You're Young (1979)
- If we get through for two minutes only it will be a start!
- Start! (1980)
- The fingers feel the lines, they prod the space - your ageing face,
The face that was once so beautiful, is still there but unrecognisable...- Private Hell, from Setting Sons (1979)
- The morning slips away in a Valium haze and catalogues,
And numerous cups of coffee,
In the afternoon the weekly food is put in bags - as you float off down the high street.
The shop windows reflect, play a nameless host to a closet ghost -
A picture of your fantasy, a victim of your misery...- Private Hell, from Setting Sons (1979)
- I play out my role, I've even been out walking -
They tell me that it helps, but I know when I'm beaten...- Long Hot Summer, from Introducing The Style Council (1983)
- The lords and ladies pass a ruling
That sons and girls go hand in land
From good stock and the best breeding
Paid for by the servile class.- The Whole Point Of No Return, from Café Bleu (1984)
- When you're knocked on your back and you life's a flop,
When you're down on the bottom and there's nothing else but to shout to the top!- Shout To The Top! (1984)
- Is happiness real?
Or am I so jaded
I can't see or feel - like a man been tainted.
Numbed by the effect - aware of the muse
Too in touch with myself - I light the fuse.- The Changingman, from Stanley Road (1995)
- The more I see - the more I know,
The more I know, the less I understand.- The Changingman, from Stanley Road (1995)
All Mod Cons (1978)
[edit]- I first felt a fist - and then a kick, I could now smell their breath,
They smelt of pubs - and Wormwood Scrubs - and too many right-wing meetings.
- If you see me in the street - look away, 'cause I don't want to ever catch you looking at me, Mr Clean.
'Cause I hate you and your wife, and if I get the chance I'll fuck up your life.- Mr. Clean
Going Underground (1980)
[edit]- Some people might say my life is in a rut, but I'm quite happy with what I've got.
- You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns -
And the public wants what the public gets - but I don't get what this society wants.
- Those braying sheep on my TV screen -
Make this boy shout! Make this boy scream!
Sound Affects (1980)
[edit]- Days of speed and slow time Mondays -
Pissing down with rain on a boring Wednesday...
- Two lovers kissing amongst the screams of midnight,
Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude.
- A whole street's belief in Sunday's roast beef gets dashed against the Co-op,
To either cut down on beer or the kids' new gear, it's a big decision in a town called malice.
- If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush its tender petals...
- Carnation
- I am out of season all years round - watch machinery roar to my empty sound.
Touch my heart and feel winter, hold my hand and be doomed forever.- Carnation
- If you're wondering by now who I am, look no further than the mirror,
Because I am the greed and fear - and every ounce of hate in you.- Carnation
