Mick Jagger Quotes

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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 goes with you.…
• I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.
• I haven't had the time to plan returning to the scene because I haven't left it.
• I've managed to avoid tattoos so far.
• My secrets must be poetic to be believable.
• I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.
• Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.
• 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…
• 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.
• The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table.
• A lot of times songs are very much of a moment, that you just encapsulate. They come to you, you write them, you feel good…
• You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.
• Don't you think it's sometimes wise not to grow up.
• Life's just a cocktail party - on the street.
• The only performance that makes it, that makes it all the way is the one that achieves madness.
• You can't always get what you want.
• Time is on my side, yes it is.
• Of course we're doing it for the money. We've always done it for the money.
• 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…
• The new fashion is to talk about the most private parts of your life; other fashion is to repent of your excesses and to criticize…

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