I 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.
MICK JAGGERThe only performance that makes it, that really makes it, that makes it all the way, is the one that achieves madness.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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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.
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Too much is never enough.
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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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Well, don’t we all feel like jumping to the end of the world sometimes?
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Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.
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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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My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.
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I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.
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Any performer is one person privately and then he’s another person when he steps on the stage.
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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 don’t know if rock is dying. I wouldn’t want to say that, but the world does change. Nothing stays the same.
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Always as a musician you must have one thing you do well.
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In England you’re skewered on the altar of pop culture if you become pretentious.
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Time is on my side, yes it is.
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I don’t think that being in a full-time relationship is necessarily for everybody all of the time. It’s not necessarily some state of grace.
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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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People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten.
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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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Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.
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There’s no absolutes in life – only vodka.
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You can’t be jealous and be a leader.
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Don’t you think it’s sometimes wise not to grow up.
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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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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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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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