I read it in And there, to me, was the whole mod thing, laid out. And the attitudes in the book, the attitudes towards racism, and how closed-minded English people were, especially at that time. That had a profound effect on me. It just reinforced everything I believed about mod.
What was the best bit of advice, whether it be to do with music or otherwise, that you still follow today? And who gave it to you? Rachel Gilson, West Midlands. We had to start again. We played some clubs with like, 40 people in the audience. Do you think this has changed in the UK over the past 40 years?
Does it still make you angry? Tim Thorpe, Anglesey. No, it still makes me very, very angry and is still in force. You know, the thing about people not being allowed to protest and all that. Fans can see a lot more of you these days, from Instagram videos of you taking walks with your family, to performing songs under lockdown.
How does being famous now compare with the time before the internet? Jade, Harpenden. If you could collaborate with anyone, past or present, band or solo, who would it be?
Karen Owens, Airdrie. I can think of so many people. Betty Davis. Not the actress, the singer. She was wicked.
There was a documentary about her with all this live footage of her. Way before Grace Jones, way before Kate Bush, whoever you want to cite, she was just so What is your all-time favourite item? Andy Davis, Dublin. I often see people when we go out to sound checks. My all-time favourite item of clothing is a pair of smooths, as I call them, but the correct name is plain caps. They took a brogue and adapted it, put a thicker sole on it, a bit more New York, I suppose.
A New York town shoe. But they are literally a shoe for life. Have you started reminiscing yet? Steve Armes, Ipswich. People always ask me to write my memoirs. So a little bit of biography, lyrics, and I might put some poetry in as well. There are so many rock biographies, and they all sound very similar to me. Steve McCameron, Greenwich.
In my opinion, we split up at the right time. Can you imagine if the Beatles had carried on? Can you imagine the Beatles in the 80s with a DX7 and a drum machine? Were you? Patrick, London. I was a fish out of water, yes. That was horrible. Everyone was getting off doing blow in the toilets.
As someone thinking about dropping the booze too, but struggling to get past a few days, how do you do it? Rob Reed, London. Not just my music, but all music. And certainly playing it. And that changes everything. I stopped because I knew I had to stop. And I called my mate, Johnny Harris, and he talked me through it, really. Him and Steve Cradock are my closest pals, who I talk to about that stuff. Do you have a pair of Crocs next to the front door for putting your rubbish out?
Claire Brown, Twickenham. I do not have Crocs. No way. No slippers either. I wear trainers or socks in the house. But only Adidas, old school Adidas. One has to keep some sort of standards. What three pieces of advice would you give your younger self?
Vanessa Kirby, Middlesbrough. And be nice, be kind to people. Paul Weller photographed last month at his studio in Surrey. In , he began living with singer Hannah Andrews and subsequently got married in at Capri Islands.
Paul Weller, originally born John William Weller Jr on My 25, , is one of the great English songwriter — singers of his generation. Despite all of the widespread critical acclaim that Weller has received as a singer, guitarist, and lyricist, he has been able to continuously be a national superstar, as opposed to an international one, with most of his music and songwriting being deeply rooted in British culture.
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Paul was born in Liverpool in and attended a grammar school for education.
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