Paul Westerberg Quotes & Sayings

“The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.”

“I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore.”

“The best I can say is that it's better for me to write about despair and darkness than to be incapable of getting off the sofa. It's better to write about suicide than to contemplate it too heavily.”

“I read The Bell Jar, and then I read her memoir and her diaries, and a third book, an outside opinion. Just the way she made the pillows so neat on the oven door. It just seems to be the opposite of, if you're going to take your life, in a horrible rage it happens.”

“I didn't wake up one morning and not be in the Replacements. We're all that forever, and I've just grown older. I mean, I haven't lost anything. I've gained a few things.”

“A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the drop of a hat.”

“Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept.”

“Any musician who can stop may be a musician, but they're no artist. If it's in your blood, it can't stop flowing.”

“I think it should be evident by now, but I'm as lost as anyone.”

“Stick with your heart and you'll be fine.”