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.
From Paul Weller
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.
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.
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.
I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.
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.
It is nice to make a record and people like it, and it's encouraging.
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.
I suppose I was much more serious-minded in the '70s and '80s.
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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