Mick Jagger Quotes

My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.

Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones

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• My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.

  

  Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones
  • She
  • Mother
  • Unhappy