--- title: "15 Me Quotes By Paul Weller" description: "15 Me quotes by Paul Weller. Plus more from Paul Weller and more Me sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/paul-weller-2405_always_all-my-children-inspire-me-in-life-and-t_379228.png" --- > [All my children inspire me in life, and that always comes out in the writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/all-my-children-inspire-me-in-life-and-that-always-comes-out-in-the/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/paul-weller-2405_always_all-my-children-inspire-me-in-life-and-t_379228.png) > [I am aware of the words 'national treasure' being attached to me occasionally. It just makes me feel old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-am-aware-of-the-words-national-treasure-being-attached-to-me/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/paul-weller-2405_am_i-am-aware-of-the-words-national-treasur_2644392.png) > [There is a shy side to me that evaporates when I play on stage, and I like that. I think it's another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/there-is-a-shy-side-to-me-that-evaporates-when-i-play-on-stage-and-i/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/paul-weller-2405_another_there-is-a-shy-side-to-me-that-evaporate_1444965.png) > [I'd heard a lot of Motown and Stax when I was a kid, but the more well-known end of it. On Jam…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-d-heard-a-lot-of-motown-and-stax-when-i-was-a-kid-but-the-more-well/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/paul-weller-2405_blew_i-d-heard-a-lot-of-motown-and-stax-when_506775.png) > [I take my hat off to people like the Stones, but it's not for me. I couldn't do that. Jagger is brilliant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-take-my-hat-off-to-people-like-the-stones-but-it-s-not-for-me-i/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/paul-weller-2405_brilliant_i-take-my-hat-off-to-people-like-the-sto_1828419.png) > [For me, the best thing I can do is play live. The best way for me to put over what I'm trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/for-me-the-best-thing-i-can-do-is-play-live-the-best-way-for-me-to/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/paul-weller-2405_acoustic_for-me-the-best-thing-i-can-do-is-play-l_2608791.png) > [I kept the first Rickenbacker I ever got, a little short-scale John Lennon-type model. And I've got a couple of 12-string models,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-kept-the-first-rickenbacker-i-ever-got-a-little-short-scale-john/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/paul-weller-2405_about_i-kept-the-first-rickenbacker-i-ever-got_993691.png) > [I've bought clothes based on record covers. Particularly from the formative music that turned me onto it in the first place when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-ve-bought-clothes-based-on-record-covers-particularly-from-the/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b0/paul-weller-2405_amazing_i-ve-bought-clothes-based-on-record-cove_2028602.jpg) > [People say you make your best work when you're in despair and all that, and at your lowest - but for me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/people-say-you-make-your-best-work-when-you-re-in-despair-and-all/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b34/paul-weller-2405_best_people-say-you-make-your-best-work-when_2022625.jpg) > [I was always taught as a kid that if there's anything you want in life, you've got to work towards it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-was-always-taught-as-a-kid-that-if-there-s-anything-you-want-in-3/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/653/paul-weller-2405_also_i-was-always-taught-as-a-kid-that-if-the_2061438.jpg) > [Playing live is what it's all about for me. It's cathartic, it's emotional, it's about communing with people. The way you feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/playing-live-is-what-it-s-all-about-for-me-it-s-cathartic-it-s/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/paul-weller-2405_about_playing-live-is-what-it-s-all-about-for_3087623.png) > [I think, with age, you learn that it comes in bursts and you've got no control over it. I'm not one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-think-with-age-you-learn-that-it-comes-in-bursts-and-you-ve-got-no/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/paul-weller-2405_age_i-think-with-age-you-learn-that-it-comes_2379043.png) > [It's quite liberating to get to a certain age, 'cos you're not chasing number one hits or trying to be an international…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/it-s-quite-liberating-to-get-to-a-certain-age-cos-you-re-not-chasing/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/paul-weller-2405_age_it-s-quite-liberating-to-get-to-a-certai_1844002.png) > [I never saw myself as a spokesman for a generation. It was all a bit heavy for me. I saw myself as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-never-saw-myself-as-a-spokesman-for-a-generation-it-was-all-a-bit/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31e/paul-weller-2405_also_i-never-saw-myself-as-a-spokesman-for-a_2634441.png) > [I come from a time when every kid dressed up. Everybody. If you didn't, you wouldn't be able to hang out. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-come-from-a-time-when-every-kid-dressed-up-everybody-if-you-didn-t/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/paul-weller-2405_able_i-come-from-a-time-when-every-kid-dresse_161504.jpg) ## Other authors on Me ## More by Paul Weller > [When I discovered blues - I was 12-years-old - I didn't discover it in America where it was from; I discovered it from Fleetwood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/when-i-discovered-blues-i-was-12-years-old-i-didn-t-discover-it-in/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) > [I'd like to think that what I've written over the years and what I'm doing now means something to people. People in the street…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-d-like-to-think-that-what-i-ve-written-over-the-years-and-what-i-m/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) > [People say that if you're still angry at 52, you're not an angry young man, just a grumpy old git.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/people-say-that-if-you-re-still-angry-at-52-you-re-not-an-angry-young/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) > [Music's totally eclectic now. I saw a DJ the other day, he was on Virgin radio over here, and he said he played "Going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/music-s-totally-eclectic-now-i-saw-a-dj-the-other-day-he-was-on/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) > [There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/there-are-so-many-artists-who-get-to-my-age-that-get-comfortable-and/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) > [Young people can listen to music at any moment in the day or night. Which is great, but I think it kind of devalues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/young-people-can-listen-to-music-at-any-moment-in-the-day-or-night/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) > [I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do. It's just lazy journalism, but people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-get-labelled-as-just-being-about-one-thing-but-there-s-lots-of/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) > [No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/no-man-should-have-cowboys-boots-in-his-wardrobe-that-s-fair-enough/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) > [In all honesty, I don't know what one song can change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/in-all-honesty-i-don-t-know-what-one-song-can-change/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) > [I wear jeans and a T-shirt sometimes. I just like clothes - since the first time I can remember, like age ten or eleven;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-wear-jeans-and-a-t-shirt-sometimes-i-just-like-clothes-since-the/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) > [I come from a time when every kid dressed up. Everybody. If you didn't, you wouldn't be able to hang out. It was very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-come-from-a-time-when-every-kid-dressed-up-everybody-if-you-didn-t/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) > [I don't like to get pigeonholed. I don't like it when people think they have you sewn up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-don-t-like-to-get-pigeonholed-i-don-t-like-it-when-people-think/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) > [I don't like the royal family, I don't like the establishment, I don't like the civil service.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-don-t-like-the-royal-family-i-don-t-like-the-establishment-i-don-t/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) > [There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with people. But I felt good about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/there-have-been-records-i-ve-been-really-really-pleased-with-that/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) > [I'm still a mod, I'll always be a mod, you can bury me a mod.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-m-still-a-mod-i-ll-always-be-a-mod-you-can-bury-me-a-mod/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/me/paul-weller/#itemlist", "name": "15 Me Quotes By Paul Weller", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All my children inspire me in life, and that always comes out in the writing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Weller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/all-my-children-inspire-me-in-life-and-that-always-comes-out-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/paul-weller-2405_always_all-my-children-inspire-me-in-life-and-t_379228.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/paul-weller-2405_always_all-my-children-inspire-me-in-life-and-t_379228.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/paul-weller-2405_always_all-my-children-inspire-me-in-life-and-t_379228.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All my children inspire me in life, and that always comes out in the writing.” — Paul Weller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am aware of the words 'national treasure' being attached to me occasionally. 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