I’d rather be dead than singing “Satisfaction” when I’m forty-five.
MICK JAGGERIn England you’re skewered on the altar of pop culture if you become pretentious.
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Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.
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It’s not selling out, it is called making lots of money.
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I don’t want to be my extrovert self all the time.
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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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Time is on my side, yes it is.
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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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You have to sing every day so you can build up to being, you know, Amazingly Brilliant.
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My secrets must be poetic to be believable.
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He stole my music but he gave me my name.
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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 should think that being my old lady would be all the satisfaction or career any woman needs.
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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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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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I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.
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You can’t always get what you want.
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