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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.

Mick Jagger

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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Kind Music Myself True
A good thing never ends.
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End Goodness One Liner
There’s no absolutes in life – only vodka.
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Alcohol Life One Liner
I think, like most people, my moral values tend to be pretty fuzzy.
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Moral Myself People Thinking Value
I, personally, have a lot of energy, so I don’t see it as an immediate problem.
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Energy Myself Personal Problem See
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
I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?
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Boredom Business Myself Study
The grown-up world was a very ordered society in the early ’60s, and I was coming out of it. America was even more ordered than anywhere else. I found it was a very restrictive society in thought and behavior and dress.
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Behavior Myself Order Society
I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.
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Habit Myself Tea
Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.
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Attitude Behavior Mindset Myself Surprise
Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.
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Believe Hope Sight
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 think enjoying life is an exclusive prerogative of young people.
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Enjoyment Myself People Thinking Young
Time is on my side, yes it is.
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Belief Inspirational Myself Side Time
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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Obsession People Selfish Understand Yourself Youth
In England you’re skewered on the altar of pop culture if you become pretentious.
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Behavior Culture Pretend Yourself

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 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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