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Paul Weller wants to write his autobiography - with a science-fiction twist.
The 56-year-old rocker would be interested in committing his life story to paper, but would want to do something unusual with his recollections.
Asked if he would write an autobiography, he said: "Yeah. But with a science-fiction theme to it. Set in space or something."
The 'Wake Up the Nation' singer may have a hard time completing his old stories thanks to a ritual of destroying all his notebooks after making a record.
He told Uncut magazine: "I had this ritual, all my notebooks, after I finished a record, I'd either burn them or cut them into little pieces.
"My feelings were always get rid of it, burn it, move on.
"It's only recently that a mate of mine said, 'You should have kept all of them.' So I've started keeping them now."
Despite beginning his career in the late 70s, the former Jam rocker doesn't feel he has anything in common with other artists of the era who are still working now, such as John Lydon, Mick Jones and Siouxsie Sioux.
He said: "I don't relate to any of those people. Not because I dislike them or their music, but they don't feel like peers to me. They haven't been consistent enough for me to regard them as peers, to be quite honest with you.
"I've got more in common with people who are much younger than me."

Susan Boyle is heading out on her first ever American tour.
The 'I Dreamed a Dream' singer - known as SuBo - shot to fame on ITV talent show 'Britain's Got Talent' in 2009 and has since become a global star, winning an American fan base who will see her perform as part of her 2014 world tour.
She told The Sun newspaper: "This is a brilliant moment for me. I am so very proud to be announcing that I will be performing in my very own tour in the US. This is very exciting.
"The past five years have been incredible and it just keeps getting better. I have spoken so often about wanting to tour America and it is actually happening.
"The Americans have embraced me since the beginning and I can't wait to hit the road. I'm hoping it will be in a tour bus so I can see more of the country as we travel across the US."
Susan, 53, will play 21 dates in American cities to kick off the world tour, starting in San Diego California at the Balboa Theatre on October 8.
The Scottish singer, who is now worth more than £20 million after selling more than 22 million albums, will then visit the likes of Texas, Arizona and Georgia and the tour will wrap on November 6 at the Times-Union Centre's Moran Theater in Jacksonville, Florida.
The twice Grammy Award-nominated star earned rave reviews for her sell-out UK tours in 2013 and 2014.
Tickets for her world tour go on sale on Monday June 9.

Full US dates for Susan Boyle's tour..

October 8 - San Diego, CA at Balboa Theatre
October 9 - Santa Barbara, CA at Arlington Theatre
October 11 - San Francisco, CA at SHN Orpheum Theatre
October 12 - Sacramento, CA at Community Centre Theatre
October 14 - San Jose, CA at San Jose Centre for the Performing Arts
October 16 - Costa Mesa, CA at Segerstrom Centre for the Arts
October 17 - Phoenix, AZ at Orpheum Theatre
October 19 - Midland, TX at Wagner Noel Performing Arts Centre
October 20 - Ft. Worth, TX at Bass Hall
October 21 - San Antonio, TX at Tobin Centre
October 23 - Kansas City, MO at Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
October 24 - Louisville, KY at Whitney Hall
October 26 - Atlanta, GA at Atlanta Symphony Hall
October 27 - Greenville, SC at Peace Concert Hall
October 29 - Durham, NC at Durham Performing Arts Centre
October 30 - N. Charleston, SC at North Charleston Performing Arts Centre
November 1 - Clearwater, FL at Ruth Eckerd Hall
November 2 - Melbourne, FL at King Centre for the Performing Arts
November 3 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL at Broward Centre for the Performing Arts
November 5 - Sarasota, FL at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
November 6 - Jacksonville, FL at Times-Union Centre's Moran Theater

Jimmy Page insists there were no superstars in Led Zeppelin because they played as a band.
The 70-year-old guitarist, who was a founding member of the group, also made up of singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboard player John Paul Jones and late drummer John Bonham, and claims he knew the group were going to be a success.
He told The Sun newspaper: "Every musician dreams of being in a group like Led Zeppelin," he raves, his dark eyes lit up.
"I was really fortunate to be a founder member. And I knew absolutely from our first album, it was going to be massive. The group was fantastic and we could deliver in live situations.
"We played as a band, each and every one of us... as opposed to one superstar surrounded by other musicians."
The band are now reissuing their nine studio albums from June 3, with each disc matched to a second set with different versions and lost outtakes for die-hard fans.
Jimmy admits he became slightly obsessed with making sure the reissue campaign was worth it by going through all of the Led Zeppelin archives for new material and he "left no stone unturned."
He explains: "I didn't want material from the companion discs to be poo-pooed with someone saying, 'Right, oh well, it's actually on a bootleg already. It's available'.
"So I asked a fellow who listens to bootlegs. That was a test. I thought he might say, 'Well, 60 per cent unheard'. But he said, 'I haven't heard any of it'. I thought, job well done."
Jimmy insists he knew the project was the right thing to do because in five years' time people will look back at the releases.
He added: "They'll be comparing takes and considering them to be a major part of the whole structure."

Lady Gaga wants Justin Bieber's manager to help save her career.
The 'Do What U Want' hitmaker is considering getting help from Scooter Braun, who helped Justin to become a global superstar, after being left disappointed by the sales of her last album 'Artpop', while her latest track 'G.U.Y' didn't even made the American Top 40.
An industry source told The Sun newspaper: "If anyone can help Gaga now it's Scooter.
"He's one of the smartest blokes in the music industry and made Bieber into the biggest pop star on the planet.
"There are a few options for her but Scooter is one of them."
The 28-year-old singer parted ways with her former manager Troy Carter last year citing "creative differences" and she hired Bobby Campbell, who used to work for her original team.
The source added: "Scooter's also the one who has to get Justin out of his scrapes. Gaga's next album will be make or break.
"At the moment she's still to decide who will manage her."
Despite Gaga's disappointing record sales, her current tour 'ArtRave: The Artpop Ball' has been a success, although she has had to cancel two live shows in America this month in Seattle and Vancouver due to severe bronchitis.
She took to Twitter yesterday (29.05.14) to apologise to fans for the inconvenience, writing: "I'm devastated I'm unable to perform this week. Ursula took my mermaid voice. I've come down with horrible Bronchitis (sic)," making reference to the fictional sea witch from 'The Little Mermaid', who uses Ariel's voice to cast a spell in the popular Disney movie.
Gaga also insisted she would reschedule the cancelled shows so fans could see her live.

Paul Weller is set to record a song with Boy George.
The 55-year-old musician has been impressed by his fellow 80s pop peer's new album and live performances and has contacted George - who he sang with on the 1984 Band Aid charity single 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - to discuss a collaboration between the two of them.
In an interview with Uncut magazine, he said: "I'd really like to do something with Boy George. His voice is sounding really, really good at the moment. I'd forgotten how great his voice was, it's gotten better with age. So it's more of a musical consideration opposed to being two old geezers from the 80s. But beyond that, I don't know what sort of thing it would be. I spoke to him about it, and he's up for doing it. It's just finding the right tune."
Weller also wants to work with with fellow indie guitar god Johnny Marr, but although they are both keen to get in the studio their hectic schedules have so far stopped the collaboration from happening.
The 'Wake Up The Nation' singer - who is just about to release his latest greatest hits album 'More Modern Classics' - said: "I'd like to do something with Johnny Marr. We were talking about it for a couple of years. we always bump into each other in different places, but we we've never actually worked together. I'm up for working with anyone, really, if they're good."

Ed Sheeran says he has "learned a lot" from Taylor Swift.
The 'A Team' singer has paid tribute to his friend Taylor - who he has record with and supported on tour - and admits she helped him massively when he first went to America to crack the US market.
In an interview with Zane Lowe for upcoming MTV Music show 'Soundchain', he said: "She owns the US pop scene. She knows how to do it. In England I was a commercially successful artist, but coming into the US as an alternative artist playing shows with Snow Patrol. She not only opened the door into the pop world but showed me how to do it."
Ed, 23, has spent a lot of time with Taylor, 24, at her house and has revealed the 'I Knew You Were Trouble' hitmaker is a great cook and especially skilled at baking.
He said: "I did a session in a Phoenix hotel room then flew to LA to record it. Brought in an idea for song then we finished it. Next time I went to her house and she cooked an apple pie. She cooks really good s**t, man. Then she gets out this little Taylor guitar and she's like I've had this idea for this song..."
Ed - whose latest track 'Sing' has a modern pop sound - also admitted he was often teased for his diverse taste in music when he was growing up.
The musician said: "In primary school I had Slipknot records and Limp Bizkit, Soil, Tool, I was like Proper 'Kerrang!' Kid and then as soon as I got to secondary school my record collection started off with Guns N' Roses and then I bought 'Justified' in 2002 and everyone thought I was bit odd for that. All the girls loved (Justin) Timberlake but if you're a guy and someone's just come out of 'N Sync when you're 11..."
'Relentless Ultra Presents Soundchain' will feature interviews with several massive music acts, including Kasabian, Queens of the Stone Age and Nas, and will air on MTV Music from July 6 at 9.30pm.

Jimmy Page became "Sherlock Holmes" to find a bootleg live recording of Led Zeppelin.
The guitarist has been busy remastering the rock band's first three albums - 'Led Zeppelin', 'Led Zeppelin II' and 'Led Zeppelin III' - and compiling companion discs to each LP which contain previously unheard material.
Jimmy had a problem creating a companion disc for their debut 1969 LP 'Led Zeppelin' because there was very little leftover from the sessions but during a trip to Japan to check what illegal recordings of the band are available he was played a live show which was perfect to release.
In an interview on UK radio station Planet Rock - which will air on June 1 - the rocker revealed: "When it came to sort of piecing all of this together through all of the albums there wasn't anything left over from 'Led Zeppelin I' where you could make a proper companion disk to it; there just wasn't because of the nature of how it was recorded and there wasn't that much that went to waste ... So the first album we didn't have anything ... So it sort of dictated the fact that it had to be a live recording and it just so happened that in my Sherlock Holmes disguise going into bootleg shops in Japan ... on the search for studio things that had been stolen and got out. So I heard this (gig), and what it was was this live show and I thought, 'Yeah, I know what that's about, it's got to be early year 69, mid 69,' but I didn't know what it was. It turned out that it was from Paris and that it had been recorded by French radio and that's it. That logged in my mind and then when we didn't have anything that would adequately cover the first album that's the thing I called in."
Jimmy can remember playing the show with his bandmates - bassist John Paul Jones, singer Robert Plant and late drummer John Bonham - and recalls it being a special concert because the fans were so wild.
Speaking about the concert, he said: "I remember the audience being so enthusiastic ... The fans know it's one of those really, really special gigs and all of the French musical aristocracy had played there; like Johnny Hallyday and Sacha Distel. The audience were absolutely fantastic. It shows a real raw energy just coming from us and the audience."
Led Zeppelin are taking over Planet Rock for the entire month of June to celebrate their three remastered albums which will each be played in their entirety, while 100 different Led Zepp songs will be aired across the station's programming over the month.
The reissued 'Led Zeppelin', 'Led Zeppelin II' and 'Led Zeppelin III' LPs are released on June 3.

Jess Glynne celebrated her first number one single with a "cup of tea".
The 24-year-old singer was overjoyed when 'Rather Be', her collaboration with Clean Bandit, topped the UK charts in January, buy because she wasn't feeling too well, she marked her triumph in low-key fashion.
She said: "When 'Rather Be' went to number one, I was in LA and I wasn't very well, so I celebrated with a cup of tea and some medicine!"
Following her work with Clean Bandit and a subsequent chart-topping track, 'My Love', with DJ Route 94, Jess is now focusing on her own material but insists she isn't feeling pressured for her solo efforts to match the success of her collaborations.
She told BANG Showbiz: "I don't feel any pressure, I'm just working hard to give people what I believe is the best of me as the solo artist I was originally signed for."
In July, the 'Right Here' singer will take to the stage in London for the Summer Series at Somerset House with American Express and can't wait to get on stage.
She said: "I haven't been lucky enough to go to the Summer Series yet, and feel so priceless to be a part of it this year for the 10th anniversary."
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One Direction think Chris Martin is "one of the coolest men in music".
The 'You & I' hitmakers performed at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Glasgow last week before the 37-year-old star took to the same stage with his band Coldplay, and Liam Payne has admitted he has a lot of admiration for him.
Quizzed on how One Direction felt about Chris referring to them as "brilliant", Liam exclusively told Radio 1's Scott Mills: "It's the best thing ever. For us, from the start, we've always been a little bit ridiculed because of being on the X Factor and people say it's the easy route or whatever.
"Then because some of the songs that we've released are on the 'poppy' side of things. So it's like we do get a bit of stick from certain music groups or whatever like, 'They're not cool.'
"But to have somebody who is literally one of the coolest men in music confirm for you that, 'No these boys are alright', that is huge for us."
Despite Liam and his bandmates - Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson - admitting they are huge fans of Coldplay, Chris has confessed he knows his band aren't "cool" and says he doesn't care.
He told the Daily Star newspaper: "We've never been the coolest thing or the most fashionable thing. Well, maybe for a period.
"It just feels like we're able to keep rolling and no-one really notices.
"I feel like every day we're given is a real blessing. I could not have asked for a more dreamy job."
Scott's full interview with the boys will air on Radio 1 at 2pm this afternoon (29.05.14) and an exclusive 45 minute-long BBC iPlayer programme 'One Direction - This Is Them ... At The Big Weekend' will go live at 3pm.