The Zombies were really unique - they had elements of jazz and classical music in their songs and songwriting. They had a very, very different sound compared to a lot of their contemporaries at the time.
Paul WellerI'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music.
Paul WellerThe way that house music has become so white and so sanitized over the decades and the fact it's still going on, well I think it's sad really, but at the time I really loved it. I loved all the black house music that was coming out of Chicago and New Jersey, which I just thought was really soulful.
Paul WellerIt can get boring. Not the playing the songs necessarily, or doing the clothes. You know, you need stimulus.
Paul WellerMy own personal theory is that all popular music, in whatever form it is, to me, it all comes from Africa. Whether it's filtered through America or whatever - African-American. But I still think there's something in that roots music that's very, very African, and I think that's what unites people.
Paul Weller