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.
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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You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.
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People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten.
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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’d rather be dead than singing “Satisfaction” when I’m forty-five.
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Always as a musician you must have one thing you do well.
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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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I don’t want to be my extrovert self all the time.
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I don’t know if rock is dying. I wouldn’t want to say that, but the world does change. Nothing stays the same.
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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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Don’t you think it’s sometimes wise not to grow up.
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I don’t want to be singing Satisfaction when I’m 40.
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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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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 believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.
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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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