Top 16 Paul Simonon Quotes

#1. 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.

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#2. 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.

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

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#4. 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.

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#5. 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.

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

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#8. 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.

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#9. 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.

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#10. 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.

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

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#12. 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.

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

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#14. 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

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

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

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