I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That’s why I tend to forget my songs.
MICK JAGGERPeople have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It’s very selfish, but it’s understandable.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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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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Well, don’t we all feel like jumping to the end of the world sometimes?
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Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.
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I think people are afraid to express their opinions half the time.
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Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.
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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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You don’t always do the same things you’ve done the night before. That’s what makes playing live so interesting as opposed to being in the studio.
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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 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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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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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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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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As long as my face is on page one, I don’t care what they say about me on page seventeen.
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It’s not selling out, it is called making lots of money.
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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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