The grown-up world was a very ordered society in the early ’60s, and I was coming out of it. America was even more ordered than anywhere else. I found it was a very restrictive society in thought and behavior and dress.
MICK JAGGERI 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.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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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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He stole my music but he gave me my name.
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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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Normally I am not so violent. Everything comes from the question: Where will I die? It is a strong concern.
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Time is on my side, yes it is.
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Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.
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I, personally, have a lot of energy, so I don’t see it as an immediate problem.
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If you’re the singer in the band, you always get more attention than anyone else.
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Too much is never enough.
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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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Well, don’t we all feel like jumping to the end of the world sometimes?
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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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Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.
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I think it’s very important that you have at least some sort of inner thing you don’t talk about. That’s why I find it distasteful when all these pop stars talk about their habits.
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Always as a musician you must have one thing you do well.
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