--- title: "21 Want Quotes By Paul Weller" description: "21 Want quotes by Paul Weller. Plus more from Paul Weller and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/paul-weller-2405_ifs_if-you-re-making-music-you-must-want-to_2548033.png" --- > [If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/if-you-re-making-music-you-must-want-to-turn-other-people-on-to-it-2/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/paul-weller-2405_ifs_if-you-re-making-music-you-must-want-to_2548033.png) > [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 are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/paul-weller-2405_age_there-are-so-many-artists-who-get-to-my_86478.png) > [I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-think-politicians-are-so-far-out-of-step-with-what-people-really/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/paul-weller-2405_people_i-think-politicians-are-so-far-out-of-st_1411512.png) > [I'm sure there's a subconscious 'go for it' thing with turning 50. You want to do as much as possible and there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-m-sure-there-s-a-subconscious-go-for-it-thing-with-turning-50-you/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/paul-weller-2405_behind_i-m-sure-there-s-a-subconscious-go-for-i_2030015.png) > [I want to see where and how far I can go as an artist. I look back and see what I've done,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-want-to-see-where-and-how-far-i-can-go-as-an-artist-i-look-back-and/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d7/paul-weller-2405_art_i-want-to-see-where-and-how-far-i-can-go_861255.jpg) > [I never, ever wanted to be the Rolling Stones. Bless their hearts, but I don't necessarily want to go on doing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-never-ever-wanted-to-be-the-rolling-stones-bless-their-hearts-but-i/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/paul-weller-2405_bless_i-never-ever-wanted-to-be-the-rolling-st_1084727.png) > [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-2/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/568/paul-weller-2405_ifs_i-was-always-taught-as-a-kid-that-if-the_830824.png) > [Most people my age, their musical life ended in the '80s. They stick with what they know. But my tastes are much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/most-people-my-age-their-musical-life-ended-in-the-80s-they-stick/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a86/paul-weller-2405_age_most-people-my-age-their-musical-life-en_3087836.png) > [Of course I'm proud of what I've done, but I'm interested in what's next. I want to be relevant now, in 2012.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/of-course-i-m-proud-of-what-i-ve-done-but-i-m-interested-in-what-s/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/paul-weller-2405_about_of-course-i-m-proud-of-what-i-ve-done-bu_2073939.png) > ['Ageism,' or whatever you want to call it, is a very English phenomenon. You don't get it too much in many other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/ageism-or-whatever-you-want-to-call-it-is-a-very-english-phenomenon/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/paul-weller-2405_about_ageism-or-whatever-you-want-to-call-it-i_2263293.png) > [Playing music is a lifetime's work. And if you want to carry on with it, you have to try to better yourself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/playing-music-is-a-lifetime-s-work-and-if-you-want-to-carry-on-with/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/paul-weller-2405_better_playing-music-is-a-lifetime-s-work-and-i_1805507.png) > [If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/if-you-re-making-music-you-must-want-to-turn-other-people-on-to-it/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0a/paul-weller-2405_bedroom_if-you-re-making-music-you-must-want-to_1376142.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) > [A lot of young artists and musicians that we work with, you think they're gonna want to come in and buy the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/a-lot-of-young-artists-and-musicians-that-we-work-with-you-think-they/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/987/paul-weller-2405_art_a-lot-of-young-artists-and-musicians-tha_1601309.jpg) > [ Today, we're even into the whole sweat thing. They'll wear a \[suit\] jacket like this, but they'll wear it with sweat pants… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/today-we-re-even-into-the-whole-sweat-thing-they-ll-wear-a-suit/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/paul-weller-2405_age_today-we-re-even-into-the-whole-sweat-th_3075199.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) > [I hear an album so many times during the course of making it that when I've just finished it, I don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-hear-an-album-so-many-times-during-the-course-of-making-it-that/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca0/paul-weller-2405_after_i-hear-an-album-so-many-times-during-the_463296.jpg) > [I'm always looking for something. Not in an unhappy way. I just like to try different things. I don't want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-m-always-looking-for-something-not-in-an-unhappy-way-i-just-like-to/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/paul-weller-2405_always_i-m-always-looking-for-something-not-in_2913154.png) > [If you're in music, you're in music, and if you're in music you just want to keep making records and playing. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/if-you-re-in-music-you-re-in-music-and-if-you-re-in-music-you-just-2/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/paul-weller-2405_ifs_if-you-re-in-music-you-re-in-music-and-i_1970538.png) > [I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil but it's impossible to hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-want-to-hear-as-much-music-as-i-possibly-can-before-i-leave-this/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/paul-weller-2405_hear-music_i-want-to-hear-as-much-music-as-i-possib_1768965.png) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/paul-weller/#itemlist", "name": "21 Want Quotes By Paul Weller", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts or number 60.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Weller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/if-you-re-making-music-you-must-want-to-turn-other-people-on-to-it-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/paul-weller-2405_ifs_if-you-re-making-music-you-must-want-to_2548033.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/paul-weller-2405_ifs_if-you-re-making-music-you-must-want-to_2548033.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/paul-weller-2405_ifs_if-you-re-making-music-you-must-want-to_2548033.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts…” — Paul Weller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I still want to do what I want to do, but we also have to think about some sense of protecting the business that's out there as well.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Weller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-still-want-to-do-what-i-want-to-do-but-we-also-have-to-think-about/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/paul-weller-2405_business_i-still-want-to-do-what-i-want-to-do-but_2936227.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/paul-weller-2405_business_i-still-want-to-do-what-i-want-to-do-but_2936227.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/paul-weller-2405_business_i-still-want-to-do-what-i-want-to-do-but_2936227.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I still want to do what I want to do, but we also have to think about some sense of protecting the business…” — Paul Weller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 to do that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Weller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/there-are-so-many-artists-who-get-to-my-age-that-get-comfortable-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/paul-weller-2405_age_there-are-so-many-artists-who-get-to-my_86478.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/paul-weller-2405_age_there-are-so-many-artists-who-get-to-my_86478.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/paul-weller-2405_age_there-are-so-many-artists-who-get-to-my_86478.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really…” — Paul Weller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Weller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-think-politicians-are-so-far-out-of-step-with-what-people-really/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/paul-weller-2405_people_i-think-politicians-are-so-far-out-of-st_1411512.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/paul-weller-2405_people_i-think-politicians-are-so-far-out-of-st_1411512.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/paul-weller-2405_people_i-think-politicians-are-so-far-out-of-st_1411512.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.” — Paul Weller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm sure there's a subconscious 'go for it' thing with turning 50. 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