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.
MICK JAGGERDon’t you think it’s sometimes wise not to grow up.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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If you’re the singer in the band, you always get more attention than anyone else.
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You can’t be jealous and be a leader.
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There’s no absolutes in life – only vodka.
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A good thing never ends.
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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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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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Normally I am not so violent. Everything comes from the question: Where will I die? It is a strong concern.
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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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My secrets must be poetic to be believable.
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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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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.
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You have to sing every day so you can build up to being, you know, Amazingly Brilliant.
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I think people are afraid to express their opinions half the time.
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You don’t have to bathe every day to look clean. It’s just an illusion.
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People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten.
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