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.
MICK JAGGERI never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?
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I don’t like being completely isolated. I need the energy from other people.
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Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.
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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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People are so brainwashed by the rules that they don’t know what really matters.
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It’s not selling out, it is called making lots of money.
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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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There’s no absolutes in life – only vodka.
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Of course we’re doing it for the money. We’ve always done it for the money.
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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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If you’re the singer in the band, you always get more attention than anyone else.
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When you write songs, you have to like them yourself first, but then you have to make everyone else like them, because you can force them to play it, but you can’t force them to like it.
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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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Don’t you think it’s sometimes wise not to grow up.
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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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I should think that being my old lady would be all the satisfaction or career any woman needs.
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