Mick Jagger
Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.Collection: Alone
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.Collection: Freedom
Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.Collection: Dreams
Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.Collection: Hope
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.Collection: Great
Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.Collection: Patriotism
I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.Collection: Moving
I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.Collection: Age
People get very thoughtful when they are in cars. I no longer care for cars. I don't collect them.Collection: Car
It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
I've managed to avoid tattoos so far.
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 got nasty habits; I take tea at three.
People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten.
A good thing never ends.
I haven't had the time to plan returning to the scene because I haven't left it.
I have a lot of songs, and I'd love to do some more recording with the band.
I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm forty-five.
The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table.
I am not a librarian of my own work. It's a good thing not to be too involved with what you have done.
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 secrets must be poetic to be believable.
We have a lot of secondary market problems in the U.K.; it's really bad there. And lots of artists are starting to participate in it, because they put the tickets up at a certain price, then the tickets get marked up by the secondary sellers, and someone else gets twice as much as you.
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 that day, or bad that day.
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 the drugs that made you happy in the other times.
My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.
I'm very much against the secondary ticket market. I don't know anyone who isn't.
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 on your shoulders, the memories of so many people.
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.
As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.
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 never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?
I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over.
I can't get no satisfaction.
I don't really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson. I'm a creative artist. All I know from business I've picked up along the way.
You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.Collection: Desire
Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.Collection: Fads
People are so brainwashed by the rules that they don't know what really matters.Collection: People
You start out playing rock 'n' roll so you can have sex and do drugs, but you end up doing drugs so you can still play rock 'n' roll and have sex.Collection: Sex
I think people are afraid to express their opinions half the time.Collection: Thinking
Don't you think it's sometimes wise not to grow up.Collection: Wise
I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five.Collection: Stupid
There's no absolutes in life - only vodka.Collection: Alcohol
I don't think enjoying life is an exclusive prerogative of young people.Collection: Thinking
Too much is never enough.Collection: Too Much
Only a madman or an actor would want to be President of the United States.Collection: President
Of course we're doing it for the money. We've always done it for the money.Collection: Music
Everyone knows what their roots are, but you've got to explore everywhere. You've got to explore the sky too.Collection: Sky
Music should elevate you. You can be raised, or left stranded. You can't be raised all the time, in my experience. This might be a rare moment. You might just go up to that level but that's always good.Collection: Levels