Fresh back from a short tour of the US and Japan, Paul Weller talks about the 30th anniversary of The Jam's sixth and final studio album, The Gift, and where he's at right now. Repost From The Huffington Post By: Jason Holmes Paul Weller bounds into his chair, an electronic cigarette gripped in his hand. We're in the BBC's Studio Three in Maida Vale. Visibly calm owing to post-tour exhaustion and a morning trip to the gym, Weller is here to be interviewed by John Wilson for BBC Radio 4's Mastertapes series. "Back in those days, bands put out an album a year, you toured with it for a year, then you went back in the studio and repeated the process. Looking back, I was glad I experienced that pressure. It helped me refine my craft and find myself as a writer. It kept me on my toes," says Weller, Gibson acoustic on knee. "It wasn't a treadmill, it was just what bands did back then. I never questioned it." Lest the passing decades dim...
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Hey Paul,
ReplyDeleteI'm a forty six year old drama and English teacher to whom you have been a constant source of inspiration! Hope you always keep on keeping on!
Great fan of your work
Ian Evans
Hi Paul
ReplyDeletelove your work seen you in liverpool. A lot of your lyrics are tattooed on my brain and i listen to you eveyday. There is a song for every mood. I am 20 and love everything from the jam right up to wake up the nation can't wait to hear more from you.