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 JAGGERIt’s all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.
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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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A good thing never ends.
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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.
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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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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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Well, don’t we all feel like jumping to the end of the world sometimes?
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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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I love country music, but I find it very hard to take it seriously. I also think a lot of country music is sung with the tongue in cheek, so I do it tongue in cheek.
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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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You can’t be jealous and be a leader.
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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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I, personally, have a lot of energy, so I don’t see it as an immediate problem.
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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.
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If you’re really on some heavily addictive drug, you think about the drug, and everything else is secondary. You try and make everything work, but the drug comes first.
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