The only performance that makes it, that really makes it, that makes it all the way, is the one that achieves madness.
MICK JAGGERThe 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.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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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.
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I don’t like being completely isolated. I need the energy from other people.
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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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I, personally, have a lot of energy, so I don’t see it as an immediate problem.
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People are so brainwashed by the rules that they don’t know what really matters.
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There’s no absolutes in life – only vodka.
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It’s all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
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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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It’s not selling out, it is called making lots of money.
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Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.
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You can’t be jealous and be a leader.
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I don’t want to be singing Satisfaction when I’m 40.
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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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Everyone knows what their roots are, but you’ve got to explore everywhere. You’ve got to explore the sky too.
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