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.
MICK JAGGERYou never really know what’s going to happen. You never know what the audience is going to be like or how they’re going to behave.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.
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All dancing is a replacement for sex.
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I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.
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Always as a musician you must have one thing you do well.
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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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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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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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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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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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I think people are afraid to express their opinions half the time.
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People are so brainwashed by the rules that they don’t know what really matters.
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I’d rather be dead than singing “Satisfaction” when I’m forty-five.
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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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Only a madman or an actor would want to be President of the United States.
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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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