I’d rather be dead than singing “Satisfaction” when I’m forty-five.
MICK JAGGERI 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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People are so brainwashed by the rules that they don’t know what really matters.
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Time is on my side, yes it is.
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Well, don’t we all feel like jumping to the end of the world sometimes?
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My secrets must be poetic to be believable.
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I prefer to live in a rented house. No ties. Nothing around my neck. Just the minimum kind of bare comforts of home.
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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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I always think it’s better to be not taking drugs or drinking or anything. That’s not saying I’ve never done it because I have. But I sort of learned I think after a while there has been – it didn’t take me that long to realize that it wasn’t a good thing.
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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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People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten.
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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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Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.
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I should think that being my old lady would be all the satisfaction or career any woman needs.
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I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.
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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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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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