I don’t want to be my extrovert self all the time.
MICK JAGGERWhen you write songs, you have to like them yourself first, but then you have to make everyone else like them, because you can force them to play it, but you can’t force them to like it.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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I enjoy doing different kinds of things. I just enjoy being not tied too much. I feel that I’m tied to myself as a kind of traditional musician and a singer, and the history that I have ties me down.
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I don’t think enjoying life is an exclusive prerogative of young people.
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You never really know what’s going to happen. You never know what the audience is going to be like or how they’re going to behave.
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I don’t know if rock is dying. I wouldn’t want to say that, but the world does change. Nothing stays the same.
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I love country music, but I find it very hard to take it seriously. I also think a lot of country music is sung with the tongue in cheek, so I do it tongue in cheek.
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You don’t have to bathe every day to look clean. It’s just an illusion.
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Everyone knows what their roots are, but you’ve got to explore everywhere. You’ve got to explore the sky too.
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I don’t want to be singing Satisfaction when I’m 40.
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I don’t only like rock music. There are other forms of music that I find interesting. I would want to do everything, every kind of music. I wouldn’t want to be limited to like playing heavy metal or whatever.
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Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.
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Music should elevate you. You can be raised, or left stranded. You can’t be raised all the time, in my experience. This might be a rare moment. You might just go up to that level but that’s always good.
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I remember when I was very young, I read an article by Fats Domino which has really influenced me. He said, ‘You should never sing the lyrics out very clearly.
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I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.
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I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That’s why I tend to forget my songs.
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Always as a musician you must have one thing you do well.
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