The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.
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Quotes by Mick Jagger
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As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.
Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.
Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.
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.
I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm forty-five.
A good thing never ends.
It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.
I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.
I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
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.
I am conservative with a small 'c.' It's possible to be conservative in fiscal policy, and tolerant on moral issues or questions of freedom of expression.
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. It's very selfish, but it's understandable.
My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.
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.
Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.
I can't get no satisfaction.
I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.
People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten.
I haven't had the time to plan returning to the scene because I haven't left it.
My secrets must be poetic to be believable.
The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table.
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