--- title: "1 Couldn Work Quotes By Paul Young" description: "1 Couldn Work quotes by Paul Young. Plus more from Paul Young and more Couldn Work sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/paul-young-3981_being_i-wanted-to-do-music-at-school-but-they_3122156.png" --- > [I wanted to do music at school but they discouraged it. If you did music you couldn't do technical drawing, which meant you couldn't work in engineering and as Vauxhall was the local employer that's what we were all being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/i-wanted-to-do-music-at-school-but-they-discouraged-it-if-you-did/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/paul-young-3981_being_i-wanted-to-do-music-at-school-but-they_3122156.png) ## More by Paul Young > [I remember being 12 or 13 and listening to 'Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp' by OC Smith. It reminds me of holidays in Cornwall,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/i-remember-being-12-or-13-and-listening-to-son-of-hickory-holler-s/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) > [Even as a child I knew I wanted to be a singer, and in 1976, at the age of 20, I quit my job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/even-as-a-child-i-knew-i-wanted-to-be-a-singer-and-in-1976-at-the-age/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) > [We once employed a girl in Texas to produce a fanzine, and after meeting her there she seemed fine. Then the letters started and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/we-once-employed-a-girl-in-texas-to-produce-a-fanzine-and-after/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) > [Money came my way but wasn't really in the plan, so I didn't know how to deal with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/money-came-my-way-but-wasn-t-really-in-the-plan-so-i-didn-t-know-how/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) > [We were far from being the kind of band that threw TVs out of hotel windows. In fact, we carried our own toolbox with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/we-were-far-from-being-the-kind-of-band-that-threw-tvs-out-of-hotel/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) > [My mum said I used to sing on the bus. I was about five and would simply sit, staring out of the window, singing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/my-mum-said-i-used-to-sing-on-the-bus-i-was-about-five-and-would/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) > [People forget that scenes and fashion trends changed very rapidly during the '80s. We went from glam rock to punk, to new romantic, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/people-forget-that-scenes-and-fashion-trends-changed-very-rapidly/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) > [I flew to Malaga once and instead of going left to Marbella, turned right and went to Nerja. I wanted to get as far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/i-flew-to-malaga-once-and-instead-of-going-left-to-marbella-turned/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) > [You have to be entrepreneurial and use your name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/you-have-to-be-entrepreneurial-and-use-your-name/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) > [I was a dreamer as a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/i-was-a-dreamer-as-a-kid/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) > [I did 'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Celebrity MasterChef.' I was quite good at those, and did a cookbook.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/i-did-hell-s-kitchen-and-celebrity-masterchef-i-was-quite-good-at/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) > [I work and work and if I have a surplus I book a holiday.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/i-work-and-work-and-if-i-have-a-surplus-i-book-a-holiday/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) > [If you do something right you get a real sense of achievement and an adrenalin rush.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/if-you-do-something-right-you-get-a-real-sense-of-achievement-and-an/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) > [Although it wasn't my era, Soul is the root of what I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/although-it-wasn-t-my-era-soul-is-the-root-of-what-i-do/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) > [Everything that happens in your life is a lesson learned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/everything-that-happens-in-your-life-is-a-lesson-learned/) [Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/couldn-work/paul-young/#itemlist", "name": "1 Couldn Work Quotes By Paul Young", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wanted to do music at school but they discouraged it. 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