Paul Weller Quotes

Lou Reed's music has been in the lives of millions of people all over the world for decades. He had a truly universal presence and was respected by musicians across all genres.

I have tons of Telecasters but also about 50 Les Pauls, six or seven SGs, and a bunch of Gretsches.

I'm going to go with ZZ Top -- they're my faves . . . because of the whole thing that they do with the guitars and the old Father Time beards.

I think, describing Elvis for me would be a very generous king. He was the king of rock and roll, will always be. He's whats made it possible for everyone to be performers and to do the things they do now.

My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music.

John Lennon was a musical genius. All I have to do is think of some of his songs and even the titles make me feel good... and I'm not the only one. His music has crossed cultures and even generations.

I don't usually get star struck, but I met Sir Paul McCartney randomly on Sunset Boulevard a few years ago, and I lost it! I couldn't breathe, I couldn't think, and I didn't know how to speak. It was crazy. He was nice enough to talk to my family and me for 10 minutes, but I remember babbling away about nonsense.

When I think of artists that I would have loved to work with, it's Jimi Hendrix. And Steve McQueen. He's not a rock star, but he's kind of a rock star to me.

Ringo is one of the world's true humans. The only one out those four guys, who did not have an agenda. Ringo was just into the music.

I have a lot of love and respect for Melissa Etheridge. I love Joe Cocker, Ray LaMontagne, Feist.

Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.

The world now knows that Steve Perry is welcome to come and sing with us anytime he wants.

I never met Paul McCartney.

I wasn't really terribly familiar with the Beatles when I met George. They were just emerging. They certainly weren't as big as they became later on. I just knew them as a pop group, and that's all. I was keener on George as a man and a person, as opposed to someone in a band.

I would love to just talk to Paul McCartney. That would be incredible, but that is definitely like a dream.

The Beatles did treat me as a member of the group. And that was a great honor, you know?

Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain.

I’m a self-confessed raw country boy and guitar-playing fool.

I loved John Lennon, by the way.

I still believe guitars will be around as long as there's rock music.

I wish that I'd written John Lennon's 'Imagine.'

I can only say this with all relative humility: I saw myself as a Beatle.

I got to work with John Lennon. That was pretty cool.

As a Liverpool boy, it is impossible not to think of the Beatles' question, 'Will you still need me when I'm 64?'

Some people collect this or that. I'm a musician; I collect guitars.