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 JAGGERI don’t really mind criticism in music or in shows and stuff like that at all. I mean, it doesn’t really worry me even if it’s like out of place. At least it’s relevant.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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The only performance that makes it, that really makes it, that makes it all the way, is the one that achieves madness.
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I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.
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I always think it’s better to be not taking drugs or drinking or anything. That’s not saying I’ve never done it because I have. But I sort of learned I think after a while there has been – it didn’t take me that long to realize that it wasn’t a good thing.
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You can’t be jealous and be a leader.
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Well, don’t we all feel like jumping to the end of the world sometimes?
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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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My secrets must be poetic to be believable.
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I think people are afraid to express their opinions half the time.
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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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People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten.
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There’s no absolutes in life – only vodka.
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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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I don’t want to be my extrovert self all the time.
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I don’t think enjoying life is an exclusive prerogative of young people.
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It’s not selling out, it is called making lots of money.
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People are so brainwashed by the rules that they don’t know what really matters.
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The past is a great place and I don’t want to erase it or to regret it, but I don’t want to be its prisoner either.
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Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.
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If you’re the singer in the band, you always get more attention than anyone else.
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A good thing never ends.
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Too much is never enough.
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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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I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That’s why I tend to forget my songs.
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When you write songs, you have to like them yourself first, but then you have to make everyone else like them, because you can force them to play it, but you can’t force them to like it.
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Time is on my side, yes it is.
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In England you’re skewered on the altar of pop culture if you become pretentious.
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