--- title: "17 You Quotes By Paul Weller" description: "17 You quotes by Paul Weller. Plus more from Paul Weller and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/paul-weller-2405_band_if-you-re-into-a-certain-band-you-re-int_1107174.png" --- > [If you're into a certain band, you're into the way they dress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/if-you-re-into-a-certain-band-you-re-into-the-way-they-dress/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/paul-weller-2405_band_if-you-re-into-a-certain-band-you-re-int_1107174.png) > [You can't live a lie. You have to follow your heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/you-can-t-live-a-lie-you-have-to-follow-your-heart/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/paul-weller-2405_follow_you-can-t-live-a-lie-you-have-to-follow_1726999.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) > [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) > [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 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) > [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) > [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) > ['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) > [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) > [Getting to No. 1 makes everyone feel better; of course it does. But it's swings and roundabouts with these things. Sometimes you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/getting-to-no-1-makes-everyone-feel-better-of-course-it-does-but-it-s/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/paul-weller-2405_better_getting-to-no-1-makes-everyone-feel-bett_1302038.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) > [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) > [When I was a kid in Woking, every week you went to the football dance, and every week the top kids would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/when-i-was-a-kid-in-woking-every-week-you-went-to-the-football-dance/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/paul-weller-2405_because_when-i-was-a-kid-in-woking-every-week-yo_1962512.jpg) > [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) > [The Jam went through a phase of wearing satin jackets. But that was pre-getting signed and making it, when we were still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/the-jam-went-through-a-phase-of-wearing-satin-jackets-but-that-was/) [Paul Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/paul-weller-2405_apart_the-jam-went-through-a-phase-of-wearing_2001091.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) ## Other authors on You ## 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/you/paul-weller/#itemlist", "name": "17 You Quotes By Paul Weller", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're into a certain band, you're into the way they dress.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Weller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weller/if-you-re-into-a-certain-band-you-re-into-the-way-they-dress/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/paul-weller-2405_band_if-you-re-into-a-certain-band-you-re-int_1107174.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/paul-weller-2405_band_if-you-re-into-a-certain-band-you-re-int_1107174.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/paul-weller-2405_band_if-you-re-into-a-certain-band-you-re-int_1107174.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you're into a certain band, you're into the way they dress.” — Paul Weller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't live a lie. 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