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.
MICK JAGGERI 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.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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Well, don’t we all feel like jumping to the end of the world sometimes?
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He stole my music but he gave me my name.
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Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.
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In England you’re skewered on the altar of pop culture if you become pretentious.
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Time is on my side, yes it is.
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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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It’s all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
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You can’t always get what you want.
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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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People 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.
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I think, like most people, my moral values tend to be pretty fuzzy.
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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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Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.
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I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.
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I don’t want to be singing Satisfaction when I’m 40.
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