“Being a musician is a noble profession.” — Paul Weller Quote

Being a musician is a noble profession.

I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago.

Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.

It is nice to make a record and people like it, and it's encouraging.

There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really don't want to do that.

I always knew I wanted to be a musician, and I always knew I wanted to write, 'cause the people I was listening to all wrote. I never thought it was an option to sing anyone else's songs.

It's always difficult to be a traveling musician and still keep things together.

I'm just a musician and a record producer.

Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.

All of the musicians when I was young used to always say you had to tell a story when you're a musician.