I’m not the businessman. I don’t deal with the business at all. Not anymore. Occasionally, every four years or five years, they tell me I’ve run out of money, I have to go and make some more.
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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Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.
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I think people are afraid to express their opinions half the time.
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I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.
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Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.
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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’d rather be dead than singing “Satisfaction” when I’m forty-five.
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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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Normally I am not so violent. Everything comes from the question: Where will I die? It is a strong concern.
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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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I don’t think enjoying life is an exclusive prerogative of young people.
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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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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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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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People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten.
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You don’t have to bathe every day to look clean. It’s just an illusion.
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There’s no absolutes in life – only vodka.
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The elusive nature of love it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it’s just fluttering and it’s gone.
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If you’re the singer in the band, you always get more attention than anyone else.
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Don’t you think it’s sometimes wise not to grow up.
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My secrets must be poetic to be believable.
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Time is on my side, yes it is.
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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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I think, like most people, my moral values tend to be pretty fuzzy.
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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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Of course we’re doing it for the money. We’ve always done it for the money.
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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.
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