It’s all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
MICK JAGGERI must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That’s why I tend to forget my songs.
More Mick Jagger Quotes
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It’s not selling out, it is called making lots of money.
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I’d rather be dead than singing “Satisfaction” when I’m forty-five.
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As long as my face is on page one, I don’t care what they say about me on page seventeen.
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Always as a musician you must have one thing you do well.
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Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.
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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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You can’t be jealous and be a leader.
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If you’re the singer in the band, you always get more attention than anyone else.
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There’s no absolutes in life – only vodka.
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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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Normally I am not so violent. Everything comes from the question: Where will I die? It is a strong concern.
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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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Too much is never enough.
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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 secrets must be poetic to be believable.
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