Any performer is one person privately and then he’s another person when he steps on the stage.
MICK JAGGERI 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.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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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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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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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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My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.
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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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It’s all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
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My secrets must be poetic to be believable.
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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.
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A good thing never ends.
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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 prefer to live in a rented house. No ties. Nothing around my neck. Just the minimum kind of bare comforts of home.
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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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I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That’s why I tend to forget my songs.
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He stole my music but he gave me my name.
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