Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I’d sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.
I’m still a mod, I’ll always be a mod, you can bury me a mod.
I look for that stimulation constantly. I’m looking for inspiration and stimulation. Not bored with what we’ve done.
It’s important to know all those things, but part of our jobs is to move people along and to make people excited to buy music or buy clothes, and give them enjoyment, I think, too.
I think anybody goes through a crisis of confidence from time to time. You have to kind of doubt yourself, sometimes. It’s the way forward.
You have to keep challenging yourself. I’ve always tried to do that, and I’m not saying I’ve always been successful. Maybe I’ve rewritten the same song; it’s inevitable, but I’ve always been mindful of taking the writing somewhere else. You can’t stick in your little comfort zone.
I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.
No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That’s fair enough, isn’t it? Unless you’re a cowboy, of course.
I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil but it’s impossible to hear it all because there’s so much of it.
I think you have to satisfy yourself first and foremost.
I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.
I play out my role, I’ve even been out walking -They tell me that it helps, but I know when I’m beaten...
Being a musician is a noble profession.
I only put an album out every two or three years.
The Jam were a good band, however I feel that the Style Council were better. A lot of people I know will disagree with me. Some things we did with The Style Council were misinterpreted or over their heads.
It can get boring. Not the playing the songs necessarily, or doing the clothes. You know, you need stimulus.
You can’t live a lie. You have to follow your heart.
Sometimes you’re ahead of the game and sometimes people don’t get it and that’s just one of those things you have to accept and carry on.