Paul Weller Quotes

Late 20th century music was a really important thing. It changed the world, and I'm part of that, and now I'm part of the museum that celebrates that.

Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible.

Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world.

To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.

The Rolling Stones... The Rolling Stones have a reflection to my music; I wouldn't deny it. I think that's honest.

People listen to The Beatles, but while they were muscially influential, they weren't culturally influential in quite the same way. You can go into the back of beyond in a little Indian village, and they will listen to Bob Marley. But they're not going to be listening to The Beatles or The Rolling Stones.

The Beatles kind of pervade everything. They're always kind of part of everyone's lives.

Today, somewhere in America, there's a kid who's got a laptop and a guitar and a couple of his friends he's putting together to play drums and bass, who's gonna change the way we say things, the way that we dress, the way we view things, the music we hear, everything.

I think The Beatles are the lasting influence on me, even more so than Dylan.

What affected me the most about the Beatles was that they were the biggest band in the world and they could have done anything they wanted.

I liked The Beatles a lot when I was growing up.

It feels amazing and beautiful that music can have such an importance on the way that people form social groups. Music can change people. People can change the world.

The belief in the '70s was that music was changing the world. I never believed that it had that great an effect. The effect Madonna had on fashion and sort of mores of young girls was a bigger deal than anything Dylan may have said, even.

He[Michael Jackson] had a joy in being alive. There was a joy you felt of him on the stage and making us not just feel good but pushing us against ourselves with the "Man in the Mirror," looking at ourselves critically, "Black or White," what does it mean to get caught in a color as opposed to a rich history and culture?

I believe in Beatles, I believe my little soul has grown.

I was playing guitar before I heard The Beatles, but as I got older and listened to their tunes I realized they were amazing. They inspire me more now than they did when I was a kid and are still the greatest.

When I'm dead, gone or whatever, people will always remember my name and the music I did during my time.

Elvis Presley's music said, 'Free your body.' The Beatles said, 'Free your mind.'

The Beatles are the classical music of rock n' roll. And rock n' roll is far more widespread than classical will ever be.

If you look at these bands like The Beatles, they did something that was new for that time, whether it was shocking or just a new direction that they were going.

My album is better than 'Sgt. Pepper.'

Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world.

I owe Elvis my career, and the entire music business owes him it's lifeline.

I remember Elvis as a young man hanging around the Sun Studios. Even then, I knew this kid had a tremendous talent. He was a dynamic young boy. His phraseology, his way of looking at a song, was as unique as Sinatra's. I was a tremendous fan, and had Elvis lived, there would have been no end to his inventiveness.

The Beatles are a classical group because they're classic.