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Mick Jagger

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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Drugs Legal Man Myself Phone See Society
Normally I am not so violent. Everything comes from the question: Where will I die? It is a strong concern.
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Attitude Myself Strong Thinking Violence
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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Feeling Lost Love Nature See Yourself
I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That’s why I tend to forget my songs.
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Care Forget Myself Past Song Trap
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.
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Better Experience Imagination Run See Writing Yourself
It’s not selling out, it is called making lots of money.
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Fame Money Perspective Rich
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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Attitude Audience Behavior Unknown Yourself
I’d rather be dead than singing “Satisfaction” when I’m forty-five.
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Death Satisfaction Sing
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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Habit Important Myself Stardom Talk Taste
Time is on my side, yes it is.
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Belief Inspirational Myself Side Time
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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Influence Lyrics Myself Reading Remember Young
I don’t want to be singing Satisfaction when I’m 40.
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Age Music Myself Performance Sing Song Time
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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Greatness Past Place Prison Regret Yourself
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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Change Death Lost Music Myself Stay World
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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Interest Live Night Oppose Play Studio Yourself
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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Goodness Moments Music Raise Rare Stand Yourself

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