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.
MICK JAGGERI must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That’s why I tend to forget my songs.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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I think people are afraid to express their opinions half the time.
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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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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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I don’t only like rock music. There are other forms of music that I find interesting. I would want to do everything, every kind of music. I wouldn’t want to be limited to like playing heavy metal or whatever.
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Time is on my side, yes it is.
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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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Any performer is one person privately and then he’s another person when he steps on the stage.
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Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.
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Don’t you think it’s sometimes wise not to grow up.
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Everyone knows what their roots are, but you’ve got to explore everywhere. You’ve got to explore the sky too.
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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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I’d rather be dead than singing “Satisfaction” when I’m forty-five.
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People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten.
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A good thing never ends.
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You can’t be jealous and be a leader.
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