Paul Westerberg

“Then again, I think about high school every day and I think about being a little kid every day too.”

“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.”

“I forever felt that I've fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of classic rock 'n' roll and too old to be brand-new. It's hard.”

“Oddly, when I started to make the record, I wasn't aware I was making a record. I just was sort of disgusted with the whole thing and sequestered myself in the basement and started playing the piano just for something to do.”

“I've had more people in my life take their lives than... I think it's out of proportion with most people. I think a lot of them gravitate towards me because of the music.”

“You know, he likes me because I'm his son. I have to go long and far to find someone who knows me just as me, rather than me the songwriter or whatever.”

“I sat through Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones like three times at the Skyway when it came out.”

“So I figured in keeping with the record, I'd do something off the wall which is show up for free and wing it... I don't know, I'm just going to play some songs. I think it'll be fun.”

“I'm not dissatisfied with my place in it rock 'n' roll.”