Mick Jagger Quotes
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Of course, I do occasionally arouse primeval instincts, but I mean, most men can do that. They can't do it to so many. I just happen to be able to do it to several thousand people. It's fun to do that.
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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 am pleased the Ministry of Culture is protecting the morals of expatriate bankers and their girlfriends.
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Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.
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Anyone taking heroin is thinking about taking heroin more than they're thinking about anything else. That's the general rule about most drugs.
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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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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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I prefer to live in a rented house. No ties. Nothing around my neck. Just the minimum kind of bare comforts of home.
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You can't always get what you want.
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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 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 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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I don't think enjoying life is an exclusive prerogative of young people.
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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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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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I don't believe in original melodies. There are only so many computations of eight notes.
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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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Too much is never enough.
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I don't want to be singing Satisfaction when I'm 40.
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I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five.
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I think that people taking drugs occasionally are great. I think there's nothing wrong with it. But if you do it the whole time, you don't produce as good things as you could.
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People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten.
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Writing a song is like - you're writing a song all the time. It's just when it pops out. It's been there all the time. It's not something that suddenly you do it. It's always there. Suddenly, it's in the right mixture inside you to come out. Usually when you're writing on the piano or a guitar, you don't write in lyrics, on their own. To me it's very boring.
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I think people are afraid to express their opinions half the time.