11. "You can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself ," 12. Nicknamed the'me'decade;'please yourself 'was the catchphrase of the 1970s. 13. Q : Do you write to please yourself or to please a couple of people whose judgment you trust? 14. Perhaps the best idea is to think of 1 ) pleasing yourself and 2 ) pleasing others as loaded guns. 15. Most of his career has been spent in the ranks of independent moviemakers, where the big job is pleasing yourself . 16. "If you're smart enough, you're going to find a way to please yourself ." 17. "As for me, I know you can't please everyone; you just have to please yourself !" 18. "You've got to please yourself , and that's what I'm going to do, " he said. 19. "I learned a long time ago that if you don't write to please yourself , you're not going to please anybody," 20. The song " The Wheel " was originally released on the compilation " If You Can't Please Yourself , You Can't Please Your Soul"