Everyone knows what their roots are, but you’ve got to explore everywhere. You’ve got to explore the sky too.
MICK JAGGERMusic 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.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.
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I don’t like being completely isolated. I need the energy from other people.
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I think, like most people, my moral values tend to be pretty fuzzy.
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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 my extrovert self all the time.
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Always as a musician you must have one thing you do well.
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Normally I am not so violent. Everything comes from the question: Where will I die? It is a strong concern.
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If you’re the singer in the band, you always get more attention than anyone else.
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The elusive nature of love it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it’s just fluttering and it’s gone.
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I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.
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There’s no absolutes in life – only vodka.
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I, personally, have a lot of energy, so I don’t see it as an immediate problem.
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The past is a great place and I don’t want to erase it or to regret it, but I don’t want to be its prisoner either.
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Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.
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He stole my music but he gave me my name.
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I don’t think enjoying life is an exclusive prerogative of young people.
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You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.
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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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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.
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Only a madman or an actor would want to be President of the United States.
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A good thing never ends.
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I don’t really mind criticism in music or in shows and stuff like that at all. I mean, it doesn’t really worry me even if it’s like out of place. At least it’s relevant.
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Don’t you think it’s sometimes wise not to grow up.
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Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.
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Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.
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Of course we’re doing it for the money. We’ve always done it for the money.
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