Paul Simonon Quotes

I don't have to save rock. I don't even like rock that much.

I wouldn't really say I'm a jazz guy, which I'm not.

I never liked blues and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry.

I like rock music. I like jazz better, though.

Growing up, I didn't really like folk music - I wasn't a fan of Bob Dylan. I grew up mostly listening to rap and hip-hop; it was this new form of music.

When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it.

I grew up listening to everything. And rock and roll has always been a big, big part of it - as big a part of what I do as any other type of music.

I listen to all kinds of music. The Calling, Blink 182, Bruce Springsteen, I mean, it's everything.

I listen to jazz, pop, rock, R&B. It really doesn't matter to me.

Brendon's more of a Peter Gabriel fan, and I'm more of a Ray Davies fan.

Rock & roll has kept us alive for all these years. But we just love country music. It's in our blood.

I grew up playing in rock bands while I was listening to rap records. I like a lot of stuff.

I've always had a close connection to both rock and classical music.

I was raised on pop music. Anything classical ran together in a complicated blur.

I enjoy everything. I actually do listen to everything. In high school, I listened to a lot of metal and punk rock.

I'm not really into gothic music, it's not really my type of scene but each to their own. I listen to pretty much anything.

I was a metalhead and then I was into the rap and then I was a metalhead again.

I listen to the Mars Volta and Fiona Apple every day. I feel if you do write music, you write what you listen to, and you couldn't possibly write in another genre. So those are the two that I usually use.

I am multiracial, and I went through different phases - at one point, I listened to Wu-Tang and hip-hop, and then the next year I listened to Joni Mitchell.

Some people hate the remixes, some people think it's cool. If you don't like that type of music and just like rock, you probably won't like it. But if you are open to more things, you just might dig it.

I have a very eclectic taste when it comes to music.

I love... different kinds of music. I like classical music and pop music. I like alternative, and I like rap, hip-hop, and I kind of collected all these things that I love, and they infused my sensibilities, and I just wanted to sing because it felt like it needed to come out of me.

Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.

I still like to listen to the people that I came of age on.

I like all types of music. Even though rap music is 80 percent of what I listen to, it's not the only thing I listen to.