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Mick Jagger
Quotes by Mick Jagger
Quotes by Mick Jagger
“A lot of times songs are very much of a moment, that you just encapsulate. They come to you, you write them, you feel good that day, or bad that day.”
Mick Jagger
“I don't really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson. I'm a creative artist. All I know from business I've picked up along the way.”
Mick Jagger
“I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over.”
Mick Jagger
“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.”
Mick Jagger
“I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.”
Mick Jagger
“My secrets must be poetic to be believable.”
Mick Jagger
“I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.”
Mick Jagger
“People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten.”
Mick Jagger
“I haven't had the time to plan returning to the scene because I haven't left it.”
Mick Jagger
“The elusive nature of love... it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it's just fluttering and it's gone.”
Mick Jagger
“I've managed to avoid tattoos so far.”
Mick Jagger
“I am not a librarian of my own work. It's a good thing not to be too involved with what you have done.”
Mick Jagger
“I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?”
Mick Jagger
“As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.”
Mick Jagger
“You wake up in the morning and you look at your old spoon, and you say to yourself, 'Mick, it's time to get yourself a new spoon.' And you do.”
Mick Jagger
“I am conservative with a small 'c.' It's possible to be conservative in fiscal policy, and tolerant on moral issues or questions of freedom of expression.”
Mick Jagger
“I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.”
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.”
Mick Jagger
“My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.”
Mick Jagger
“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.”
Mick Jagger
“Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.”
Mick Jagger
“I can't get no satisfaction.”
Mick Jagger
“Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.”
Mick Jagger
“Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.”
Mick Jagger
“Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.”
Mick Jagger
“People get very thoughtful when they are in cars. I no longer care for cars. I don't collect them.”
Mick Jagger
“Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.”
Mick Jagger
“I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm forty-five.”
Mick Jagger
“A good thing never ends.”
Mick Jagger
“It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.”
Mick Jagger
