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Weller tells women: "get over it"

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Aug 30, 2011 Updated Aug 31, 2011

Paul Weller has expressed his displeasure at female artists who write about personal issues in their songs, advising them to "get over it".

The former Jam frontman told Q magazine: “I was watching a couple of female artists recently and their whole albums were about splitting up with their boyfriends.

“For ***** sake, get over it. See what’s going on in the world. Write about God, write about love, write about death, write about war, write about people.”

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Paul Weller (born 25 May 1958) is an English singer-songwriter. Starting with the band The Jam (1972-1982), Weller then went on to branch out musically to a more soulful style with The Style Council (1983-1989). In 1991 he established himself as a successful solo artist, and continues to remain a respected singer, lyricist and guitarist. Despite widespread critical recognition, Weller has...

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