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  • Musician
  • born 1955
  • 18 quotes

Paul Simonon, a musician (born 1955), is quoted 18 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are People, Paint, Conceptual Art and Conceptual.

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You're only as old as you feel.

I grew up wanting to be a painter and paint pictures.

I love putting paint on canvas, getting lost in the process of painting.

Being outside on your own in all weathers is exciting; it clears you out.

I'm not knocking conceptual art; it's another department, but it doesn't move me like painting.

A lot of people should realize they aren't on this earth for long and if you want to do anything you better hurry.

Obviously, a bass sounds like a bass and a guitar sounds like a guitar, but the way you play the guitar reflects your personality.

The problem is a lot of people don't think. The general bloke just goes through life, gets a job, gets married and all that, and that's it.

There was a point after the whole intensity of the Clash finally subsided when I just found that painting grounded me in a way that music didn't.

I never wanted to go back and relive the glory days, I just want to keep moving forward. That's what I took from punk. Keep going. Don't look back.

I never wanted to go back and relive the glory days; I just want to keep moving forward. That's what I took from punk. Keep going. Don't look back.

I'm sure nobody wants to just work and earn money and all that stuff. I know it's difficult for people to break out of the syndrome, doing a normal job.

It would be obvious for me to do conceptual art, and I think I've done it already with smashing bass guitars and whatever - I consider that as conceptual.

I obviously had my reggae, but I got quite into rockabilly when I was a kid, because I was trying to find something that represented me as a white person.

When I first saw The Black Kat Boppers I was sat on a hill at a festival and could hear this music in a tent that literally grabbed me by the lapels and dragged me in

We were starting to lose track with Earth because fame and success brings you many things that you're not really prepared for or know how to deal with as a human being.

Seven years without a break really takes a toll on you, and you don't even realize it. You're affected by other people, and after a while, sometimes they have love for you, and sometimes they don't.

I know Camberwell very well: I used to go to Camberwell New Baths a lot and the cinema, which used to be the Odeon. My old school is around there too, though you've got to understand that I went to a lot of schools.

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