“The only performance that makes it, that really makes it, that makes it all the way, is the one that achieves madness.”

I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That’s why I tend to forget my songs.

The elusive nature of love it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it’s just fluttering and it’s gone.

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.

I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.

You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.

I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?

Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.

I prefer to live in a rented house. No ties. Nothing around my neck. Just the minimum kind of bare comforts of home.

The grown-up world was a very ordered society in the early ’60s, and I was coming out of it. America was even more ordered than anywhere else. I found it was a very restrictive society in thought and behavior and dress.

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.

You can’t be jealous and be a leader.

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.

You don’t always do the same things you’ve done the night before. That’s what makes playing live so interesting as opposed to being in the studio.

Time is on my side, yes it is.

I don’t want to be singing Satisfaction when I’m 40.

I, personally, have a lot of energy, so I don’t see it as an immediate problem.

To succeed in life and achieve results, you must understand and master three mighty forces – desire, belief, and expectation.

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don’t isolate.

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Keep your mind focused on what you want and act accordingly. You will achieve success!

I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.

If you can visualize it, if you can dream it, there’s some way to do it.

Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.