Mick Jagger Quotes
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I am pleased the Ministry of Culture is protecting the morals of expatriate bankers and their girlfriends.
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I wasn't understanding enough about drug addition. No one seemed to know much about drug addiction. Things like LSD were all new. No one knew the harm. People thought cocaine was good for you.
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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.
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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 never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?
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I don't believe in original melodies. There are only so many computations of eight notes.
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I don't believe in astrology. It's a lot of crap. I just think that's another thing you should throw out the window. Mysticism. Cheap. It's amazing that people still hang on to that after all these years.
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Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.
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There is something I like about talking to journalists that really goes beyond promotion because you aren't just talking to the journalist, but you are talking through them to people who presumably are fans of the Rolling Stones. The interviews give you a chance to say a few things and maybe clear up some of the things people read about the band.
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I don't spend money on anything. I don't collect anything. I don't spend it on furniture.
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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.
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Too much is never enough.
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There's no absolutes in life - only vodka.
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Have I turned into a motorized preacher? We spend so much time in cars that if you don't try to get some experiences out of it, you can go crazy.
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Rock & roll mostly is a very butch thing, and it appeals to one hard side of the masculine character. But I don't think the Rolling Stones are only a rock band. They can be other things. They can be very feminine.
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You start out playing rock 'n' roll so you can have sex and do drugs, but you end up doing drugs so you can still play rock 'n' roll and have sex.
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All dancing is a replacement for sex.
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Childhood living is easy to do The things you wanted, I bought them for you Graceless lady, you know who I am You know I can't let you slide through my hands Wild horses couldn't drag me away Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away.
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There's no great technical expertise in being a movie producer.
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I wasn't taking so many drugs that it was messing up my creative processes. It was a very good period, 1968 - there was a good feeling in the air. It was a very creative period for everyone.
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I don't want to be singing Satisfaction when I'm 40.
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Casanova, he had no money and no power, and according to some, he even was cute. But he had talent to live, and some literature talent. I love how he invented himself.
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I don't like drugs. I think cocaine is a very bad, habit-forming bore. It's about the most boring drug ever invented.
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Many Americans have no idea of what has been the foreign policy of their country. If you don't know about something, you can't understand what is going on.