You 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.
MICK JAGGERI 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.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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Don’t you think it’s sometimes wise not to grow up.
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I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.
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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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I’d rather be dead than singing “Satisfaction” when I’m forty-five.
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My secrets must be poetic to be believable.
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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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It’s not selling out, it is called making lots of money.
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I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you’ve experienced, the better it is. But it has to be tempered, and you just must let your imagination run.
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I love country music, but I find it very hard to take it seriously. I also think a lot of country music is sung with the tongue in cheek, so I do it tongue in cheek.
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I don’t want to be my extrovert self all the time.
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I don’t want to be singing Satisfaction when I’m 40.
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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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People are so brainwashed by the rules that they don’t know what really matters.
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You can’t be jealous and be a leader.
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I think people are afraid to express their opinions half the time.
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