In England you’re skewered on the altar of pop culture if you become pretentious.
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.
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I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.
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I enjoy doing different kinds of things. I just enjoy being not tied too much. I feel that I’m tied to myself as a kind of traditional musician and a singer, and the history that I have ties me down.
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Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.
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All dancing is a replacement for sex.
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It’s all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
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There’s no absolutes in life – only vodka.
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Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.
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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 can’t always get what you want.
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If you’re the singer in the band, you always get more attention than anyone else.
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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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If you’re really on some heavily addictive drug, you think about the drug, and everything else is secondary. You try and make everything work, but the drug comes first.
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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 should think that being my old lady would be all the satisfaction or career any woman needs.
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Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.
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