When 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.
MICK JAGGERLose your dreams and you might lose your mind.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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In England they always try out new mobile phones in Isle of Man. They’ve got a captive society. So I said, you should try the legalization of all drugs on the Isle of Man and see what happens.
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Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.
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People are so brainwashed by the rules that they don’t know what really matters.
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I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It’s true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted.
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You don’t have to bathe every day to look clean. It’s just an illusion.
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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 never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?
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Don’t you think it’s sometimes wise not to grow up.
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I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.
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Any performer is one person privately and then he’s another person when he steps on the stage.
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I don’t want to be a rock star all my life. I couldn’t bear to end up like Elvis Presley in Las Vegas with all those housewives and old ladies coming in with their handbags.
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In England you’re skewered on the altar of pop culture if you become pretentious.
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I think people are afraid to express their opinions half the time.
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My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.
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Too much is never enough.
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