Paul Weller (singer)

Paul Weller

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

• 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)

• 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.
  • Down in the Tube Station at Midnight

• 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)

• 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)

• Days of speed and slow time Mondays -
  Pissing down with rain on a boring Wednesday...
  • That's Entertainment

• Two lovers kissing amongst the screams of midnight,
  Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude.
  • That's Entertainment

The Gift (1982)

• 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.
  • 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

External links

• Official site