Mick Jagger

“I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm 45.”

— Mick Jagger

I've managed to avoid tattoos so far.

— Mick Jagger

The Beatles were so big that it's hard for people not alive at the time to realize just how big they were.

— Mick Jagger

Boys were a very essential part of rock & roll. The girls were more onlookers.

— Mick Jagger

I read the most extravagant things about people who suffer and depress because of things written about them.

— Mick Jagger

Only a madman or an actor would want to be President of the United States.

— Mick Jagger

Any performer is one person privately and then he's another person when he steps on the stage.

— Mick Jagger

I don't like drugs. I think cocaine is a very bad, habit-forming bore. It's about the most boring drug ever invented.

— Mick Jagger

If you're the singer in the band, you always get more attention than anyone else.

— Mick Jagger

I think, like most people, my moral values tend to be pretty fuzzy.

— Mick Jagger

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.…

— Mick Jagger

People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth…

— Mick Jagger

I don't want to be a rock star all my life. I couldn't bear to end up like Elvis Presley in Las…

— 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…

— Mick Jagger

I don't really mind criticism in music or in shows and stuff like that at all. I mean, it doesn't really worry…

— Mick Jagger

If you are British, you soon get used to people not loving you. The Irish remind us of offenses from 100 years…

— 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…

— Mick Jagger

People also like partnerships because they can identify with the drama of two people in partnership. They can feed off a partnership,…

— Mick Jagger

I'm very ambivalent in my feelings about marriage. I think it promises a lot to people... sort of like saying, once you…

— Mick Jagger

They're so boring. They're so pathetic, all those journalists. Most of them are. Most of those kind that write gossip stuff, and…

— Mick Jagger

I suppose you do think about the time that's allotted to you more than when you were younger. The mortality thing obviously…

— Mick Jagger

“You don't expect me to be doing this when I am THIRTY, do you?”

— Mick Jagger

I don't believe in original melodies. There are only so many computations of eight notes.

— Mick Jagger

I love America, but I can't spend the whole year here. I can't afford the taxes

— Mick Jagger

I don't like being completely isolated. I need the energy from other people.

— 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…

— Mick Jagger

Polarization affects families and groups of friends. Its a paralyzing situation. A civil war of opinion.

— Mick Jagger

Americans are funny people: first you shock them, then they put you in a museum.

— Mick Jagger

I didn't have any inhibitions. I saw Elvis and Gene Vincent, and I thought, "Well, I can do this." And I liked…

— Mick Jagger

Normally I am not so violent. Everything comes from the question: Where will I die? It is a strong concern.

— Mick Jagger

I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.

— Mick Jagger

It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.

— Mick Jagger

I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.

— Mick Jagger

People are so brainwashed by the rules that they don't know what really matters.

— Mick Jagger

I don't really like using guns too much, you know, even for sport.

— Mick Jagger

Iraq has lost 5 percent of its population, a number that in the U.S. would equal 14 million people.

— Mick Jagger

The terrible attack in Manhattan has given place to a burst of patriotism in the United States.

— Mick Jagger

“I am not a librarian of my own work. It's a good thing not to be involved with what you have done.”

— Mick Jagger

Goddess was made in my home in France. The material retained an integrity whit it would have lost in Los Angeles studio.

— Mick Jagger

Right now I can't be sure that I will be back on stage. We have been touring for two years and that…

— Mick Jagger