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I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you’ve experienced, the better it is. But it has to be tempered, and you just must let your imagination run.

Mick Jagger

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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Obsession People Selfish Understand Yourself Youth
Only a madman or an actor would want to be President of the United States.
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Actor Mad Man President
You never really know what’s going to happen. You never know what the audience is going to be like or how they’re going to behave.
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Attitude Audience Behavior Unknown Yourself
You can’t always get what you want.
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Achievement One Liner Reality Truth Yourself
I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.
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Habit Myself Tea
It’s not selling out, it is called making lots of money.
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Fame Money Perspective Rich
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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Interest Live Night Oppose Play Studio Yourself
I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.
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Age Believe Children Encouragement Myself Play Sing
Don’t you think it’s sometimes wise not to grow up.
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Age Growth Philosophy Wisdom Yourself
The only performance that makes it, that really makes it, that makes it all the way, is the one that achieves madness.
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Achievement Mad Performance Way Yourself
It’s all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
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Let Go Return Yourself
Any performer is one person privately and then he’s another person when he steps on the stage.
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Himself Performance Person Private Stage
I don’t want to be singing Satisfaction when I’m 40.
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Age Music Myself Performance Sing Song Time
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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Finding Need Search Try Yourself
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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Influence Lyrics Myself Reading Remember Young
I enjoy doing different kinds of things. I just enjoy being not tied too much. I feel that I’m tied to myself as a kind of traditional musician and a singer, and the history that I have ties me down.
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Different Enjoyment History Kind Music Myself Sing Tradition Type

I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you’ve experienced, the better it is. But it has to be tempered, and you just must let your imagination run.

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I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you’ve experienced, the better it is. But it has to be tempered, and you just must let your imagination run.

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