I think people are afraid to express their opinions half the time.
MICK JAGGERThe elusive nature of love it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it’s just fluttering and it’s gone.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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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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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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I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That’s why I tend to forget my songs.
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Only a madman or an actor would want to be President of the United States.
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You have to sing every day so you can build up to being, you know, Amazingly Brilliant.
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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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I don’t only like rock music. There are other forms of music that I find interesting. I would want to do everything, every kind of music. I wouldn’t want to be limited to like playing heavy metal or whatever.
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You can’t always get what you want.
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He stole my music but he gave me my name.
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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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All dancing is a replacement for sex.
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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 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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My secrets must be poetic to be believable.
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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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