Facts about Paul Westerberg

Occup.Musician
FromUSA
BornDecember 31, 1960
Age63 years

Summary

Paul Westerberg is a famous Musician from USA, he/she is 63 years old and still alive, born December 31, 1960.

Our collection contains 29 quotes who is written / told by Paul.

29 Famous quotes by Paul Westerberg

Small: Stick with your heart and youll be fine
"Stick with your heart and you'll be fine"
Small: Oddly, when I started to make the record, I wasnt aware I was making a record. I just was sort of disgu
"Oddly, when I started to make the record, I wasn't aware I was making a record. I just was sort of disgusted with the whole thing and sequestered myself in the basement and started playing the piano just for something to do"
Small: I think of the Replacements only when theyre brought up to me. For two years, Im at home, they dont rea
"I think of the Replacements only when they're brought up to me. For two years, I'm at home, they don't really cross my mind. I still hear them on the radio. I'm not ashamed of anything we did"
Small: I have my own language and its high time I put a little of it out there
"I have my own language and it's high time I put a little of it out there"
Small: Ive had more people in my life take their lives than... I think its out of proportion with most people.
"I've had more people in my life take their lives than... I think it's out of proportion with most people. I think a lot of them gravitate towards me because of the music"
Small: Its fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, its still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basem
"It's fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it's still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I'm still 15. I still enjoy that as much as I ever did"
Small: I sat through Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones like three times at the Skyway when it came out
"I sat through Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones like three times at the Skyway when it came out"
Small: I read The Bell Jar, and then I read her memoir and her diaries, and a third book, an outside opinion.
"I read The Bell Jar, and then I read her memoir and her diaries, and a third book, an outside opinion. Just the way she made the pillows so neat on the oven door. It just seems to be the opposite of, if you're going to take your life, in a horrible rage it happens"
Small: A rocknroll band needs to be able to get under peoples skin. You should be able to clear the room at th
"A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the drop of a hat"
Small: So I figured in keeping with the record, Id do something off the wall which is show up for free and win
"So I figured in keeping with the record, I'd do something off the wall which is show up for free and wing it... I don't know, I'm just going to play some songs. I think it'll be fun"
Small: I think it should be evident by now, but Im as lost as anyone
"I think it should be evident by now, but I'm as lost as anyone"
Small: The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or n
"The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not"
Small: The best I can say is that its better for me to write about despair and darkness than to be incapable o
"The best I can say is that it's better for me to write about despair and darkness than to be incapable of getting off the sofa. It's better to write about suicide than to contemplate it too heavily"
Small: Im beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore
"I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore"
Small: I dont think theres anything that will make me stop doing it. There may be a time when its not availabl
"I don't think there's anything that will make me stop doing it. There may be a time when it's not available to anyone. You may have to come listen at my basement window... but I can't stop"
Small: I didnt wake up one morning and not be in the Replacements. Were all that forever, and Ive just grown o
"I didn't wake up one morning and not be in the Replacements. We're all that forever, and I've just grown older. I mean, I haven't lost anything. I've gained a few things"
Small: Any musician who can stop may be a musician, but theyre no artist. If its in your blood, it cant stop f
"Any musician who can stop may be a musician, but they're no artist. If it's in your blood, it can't stop flowing"
Small: Actually, Ive done it the other way so many times where you rehearse the band and you do the whole thin
"Actually, I've done it the other way so many times where you rehearse the band and you do the whole thing with lights, the show and the crew - everything. Then you see what happens and you're already committed to dates. I'm just sort of putting out feelers this way"
Small: You know, he likes me because Im his son. I have to go long and far to find someone who knows me just a
"You know, he likes me because I'm his son. I have to go long and far to find someone who knows me just as me, rather than me the songwriter or whatever"
Small: Im not dissatisfied with my place in it rock n roll
"I'm not dissatisfied with my place in it rock 'n' roll"
Small: Im hard-pressed to think of a lot of great rock movies
"I'm hard-pressed to think of a lot of great rock movies"
Small: The truth is overrated
"The truth is overrated"
Small: Reading music is like listening to flowers. I dont understand the concept
"Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept"
Small: Its my first record since my son is old enough to understand and I cant even show it to him. Yes, its a
"It's my first record since my son is old enough to understand and I can't even show it to him. Yes, it's affected me, probably in the opposite of how anyone would have thought"
Small: Although, my experience when Ive been depressed, not only am I too depressed to sit down and write a so
"Although, my experience when I've been depressed, not only am I too depressed to sit down and write a song, I'm too depressed to pick up my feet. So if you can at least write about it, you're halfway away from it"
Small: Right now, it hasnt affected my music other than the fact that I dont have time to write any of it.
"Right now, it hasn't affected my music other than the fact that I don't have time to write any of it. That's no different from when I first started and I lived at home. I would play the guitar in the afternoon and then my mom or my dad would come home and I'd have to quit"
Small: Its like, its up to the people to fall in love with the song. The record company can only do so much
"It's like, it's up to the people to fall in love with the song. The record company can only do so much"
Small: I forever felt that Ive fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of cla
"I forever felt that I've fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of classic rock 'n' roll and too old to be brand-new. It's hard"
Small: Then again, I think about high school every day and I think about being a little kid every day too
"Then again, I think about high school every day and I think about being a little kid every day too"