--- title: "10 Think Quotes By Paul Weller" description: "10 Think quotes by Paul Weller. Plus more from Paul Weller and more Think sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/paul-weller-2405_firsts_i-think-you-have-to-satisfy-yourself-fir_2554920.png" --- > [I think you have to satisfy yourself first and foremost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-think-you-have-to-satisfy-yourself-first-and-foremost/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/paul-weller-2405_firsts_i-think-you-have-to-satisfy-yourself-fir_2554920.png) > [I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-don-t-think-about-what-i-can-t-do-or-what-i-shouldn-t-be-doing-i-2/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/paul-weller-2405_about_i-don-t-think-about-what-i-can-t-do-or-w_2765903.png) > [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 think I come from a time when all the artists I grew up with and I loved always used to try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-think-i-come-from-a-time-when-all-the-artists-i-grew-up-with-and-i/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d9/paul-weller-2405_always_i-think-i-come-from-a-time-when-all-the_1373539.jpg) > [I still want to do what I want to do, but we also have to think about some sense of protecting the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-still-want-to-do-what-i-want-to-do-but-we-also-have-to-think-about/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/paul-weller-2405_business_i-still-want-to-do-what-i-want-to-do-but_2936227.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) > [In the '90s, I think I rediscovered my guitar. The Jam was obviously very guitar-based, but in the Style Council I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/in-the-90s-i-think-i-rediscovered-my-guitar-the-jam-was-obviously/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/paul-weller-2405_any_in-the-90s-i-think-i-rediscovered-my-gui_1751137.jpg) > [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) > [Right from the start with music, I was like, 'I'm just going to do this, and I don't care about anything else.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/right-from-the-start-with-music-i-was-like-i-m-just-going-to-do-this/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/328/paul-weller-2405_about_right-from-the-start-with-music-i-was-li_1749825.jpg) > [I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-don-t-think-about-what-i-can-t-do-or-what-i-shouldn-t-be-doing-i/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/962/paul-weller-2405_about_i-don-t-think-about-what-i-can-t-do-or-w_2634362.png) ## Other authors on Think ## 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/think/paul-weller/#itemlist", "name": "10 Think Quotes By Paul Weller", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think you have to satisfy yourself first and foremost.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Weller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-think-you-have-to-satisfy-yourself-first-and-foremost/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/paul-weller-2405_firsts_i-think-you-have-to-satisfy-yourself-fir_2554920.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/paul-weller-2405_firsts_i-think-you-have-to-satisfy-yourself-fir_2554920.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/paul-weller-2405_firsts_i-think-you-have-to-satisfy-yourself-fir_2554920.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think you have to satisfy yourself first and foremost.” — Paul Weller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. 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