Paul Weller: 'People say you make your best work when in despair – but I think happiness is a good place to write from'

For many people of a certain age, the former Jam frontman is a quasi-religious icon. But has he only just made the album he always wanted to?Paul Weller resembles an elder statesman of rock so precisely, he looks almost too perfect to be true – like a flawlessly styled, slightly over-obsessive lead singer in a Paul Weller tribute band. He has the perfect elder rock star demeanour – a blend of watchfulness and worldliness, poised with prideful dignity – and the perfect rock star voice, all ...

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