# Paul Weller (singer)

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