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People Quotes by Mick Jagger

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A memory of hearing 'Honky Tonk Women' for the first time carries a heavy load of feelings. He says journalists can feel like poison, often untrustworthy, and that many people hide their opinions out of fear. Rock music must absorb new rhythms, because fashion changes how people move and what they enjoy.

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

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

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

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

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I don't think people care about the mechanics of songwriting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.…

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I was never that interested in business, to be honest. I do the minimal amount of business as possible because I'm not…

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People love talking about when they were young and heard Honky Tonk Women for the first time. It's quite a heavy load…

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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.…

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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…

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I would hate to say as a non-African-American person that it would be wrong for a black person to direct white people…

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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,…

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I used to play Saturday night shows with different little groups. If I could get a show, I would do it. I…

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

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

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Samba rhythm is a great one to sing on, but it's also got some other suggestions in it, an undercurrent of being…

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The music's rehearsed a lot. All people think about is, they think, in rock 'n' roll, they get the music off right…

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Thousands of years people have taken drugs, whether it's alcohol, which was invented about 5,000 years ago. People have been using that.…

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

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I'm interested in feedback and learning what people want. It's a tricky thing for me when I do a set list. You…

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Most people in England don't live in the North, and people are snobby in England, so they wanted a band from the…

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People get very thoughtful when they are in cars. I no longer care for cars. I don't collect them.

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Lets drink to the hard working people Lets drink to the salt of the earth

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People don't bother to check with anything anymore. They just like to speculate in print. We like fact-checking!

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People have different personalities when they're drunk or take heroin, or whatever drugs.

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I don't think enjoying life is an exclusive prerogative of young people.

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If you get to be a really big headliner, you have to be prepared for people throwing bottles at you in the…

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People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten.

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I think people are afraid to express their opinions half the time.

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I don't find it easy dealing with people with drug problems. It helps if you're all taking drugs, all the same drugs.

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You have to realize that everyone in a band is all more or less together, and everyone has their own niche, and…

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It's a real buzz, even in front of 20 people, to make a complete fool of yourself. But people seemed to like…

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It's heartening to return to live music, heartening for people like me in a band. It's a very traditional thing to return…

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For some people it's real therapy to talk to journalists about their private lives and inner thoughts. But I would rather keep…

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

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

Starting off in music, the purpose of it was not to become like well known on the street and be famous. You know, I…

Country music... doesn't bend notes in the same way, so I suppose it's very English, really. Even though it's been very Americanized, it feels…

My father was furious with me, absolutely furious. I'm sure he wouldn't have been so mad if I'd have volunteered to join the army.…

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

People love talking about when they were young and heard Honky Tonk Women for the first time. It's quite a heavy load to carry…

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

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

Either we stay at home and become pillars of the community or we go out and tour. We couldn't really find any communities that…

That's one of the good things about a lot of the young British bands, they are mixing all styles of music. I think that's…

Of course we're doing it for the money. We've always done it for the money.

I haven't had the time to plan returning to the scene because I haven't left it.

I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.

The only performance that makes it, that really makes it, that makes it all the way, is the one that achieves madness.