Quotes by 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 be its prisoner either.

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.

— Mick Jagger

Hope

Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.

— Mick Jagger

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.

— Mick Jagger

Love

I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm forty-five.

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

A good thing never ends.

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

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

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

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

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

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.

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

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.

— Mick Jagger

Freedom

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.

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.

— Mick Jagger

Happiness

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.

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

I can't get no satisfaction.

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

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

— Mick Jagger

Courage

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

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

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

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

My secrets must be poetic to be believable.

— Mick Jagger

Wisdom

The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table.

— Mick Jagger

Life