--- title: "10 Years Quotes By Paul Weller" description: "10 Years quotes by Paul Weller. Plus more from Paul Weller and more Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/paul-weller-2405_album_i-only-put-an-album-out-every-two-or-thr_1750696.png" --- > [I only put an album out every two or three years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-only-put-an-album-out-every-two-or-three-years/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/paul-weller-2405_album_i-only-put-an-album-out-every-two-or-thr_1750696.png) > [Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/pop-music-was-supposed-to-be-a-flash-in-the-pan-but-here-we-are-50/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/paul-weller-2405_flash_pop-music-was-supposed-to-be-a-flash-in_336846.png) > [I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-could-write-songs-about-politics-but-i-m-conscious-of-not-writing/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/paul-weller-2405_conscious_i-could-write-songs-about-politics-but-i_1183849.png) > [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) > [Worldwide, most people dress more casually these days, don't they? They have done for the last 20 or 30 years, I suppose.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/worldwide-most-people-dress-more-casually-these-days-don-t-they-they/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25c/paul-weller-2405_comfort_worldwide-most-people-dress-more-casuall_1897915.jpg) > [When I told my mum I was going to play my first gig when I was 14, she couldn't believe it, cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/when-i-told-my-mum-i-was-going-to-play-my-first-gig-when-i-was-14-she/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/paul-weller-2405_been_when-i-told-my-mum-i-was-going-to-play-m_2846684.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 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) > [When I'm dead, I wanna leave a body of work, like authors or great painters do. I don't wanna get ideas above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/when-i-m-dead-i-wanna-leave-a-body-of-work-like-authors-or-great/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/062/paul-weller-2405_above_when-i-m-dead-i-wanna-leave-a-body-of-wo_1535154.png) > [When I discovered blues - I was 12-years-old - I didn't discover it in America where it was from; I discovered it…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/paul-weller-2405_america_when-i-discovered-blues-i-was-12-years-o_29708.jpg) ## Other authors on Years ## 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/years/paul-weller/#itemlist", "name": "10 Years Quotes By Paul Weller", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I only put an album out every two or three years.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Weller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/i-only-put-an-album-out-every-two-or-three-years/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/paul-weller-2405_album_i-only-put-an-album-out-every-two-or-thr_1750696.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/paul-weller-2405_album_i-only-put-an-album-out-every-two-or-thr_1750696.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/paul-weller-2405_album_i-only-put-an-album-out-every-two-or-thr_1750696.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I only put an album out every two or three years.” — Paul Weller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. 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