I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That’s why I tend to forget my songs.
MICK JAGGERMusic should elevate you. You can be raised, or left stranded. You can’t be raised all the time, in my experience. This might be a rare moment. You might just go up to that level but that’s always good.
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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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You have to sing every day so you can build up to being, you know, Amazingly Brilliant.
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I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?
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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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In England they always try out new mobile phones in Isle of Man. They’ve got a captive society. So I said, you should try the legalization of all drugs on the Isle of Man and see what happens.
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Don’t you think it’s sometimes wise not to grow up.
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People are so brainwashed by the rules that they don’t know what really matters.
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I 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.
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I’d rather be dead than singing “Satisfaction” when I’m forty-five.
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I don’t want to be singing Satisfaction when I’m 40.
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Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.
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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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Music should elevate you. You can be raised, or left stranded. You can’t be raised all the time, in my experience. This might be a rare moment. You might just go up to that level but that’s always good.
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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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Only a madman or an actor would want to be President of the United States.
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