I don't believe in original melodies. There are only so many computations of eight notes. Mick Jagger More Quotes by Mick Jagger More Quotes From Mick Jagger I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you've experienced, the better it is. But it has to be tempered, and you just must let your imagination run. Mick Jagger songwritingimaginationrunning I should think that being my old lady would be all the satisfaction or career any woman needs. Mick Jagger musiccareersthinking 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 selfishwantpeople You can't be jealous and be a leader. Mick Jagger being-jealousjealousleader People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten. Mick Jagger forgottenpeoplethinking I got nasty habits; I take tea at three. Mick Jagger threeteafunny Rock 'n' roll and playing live is very addictive. But you have to really be careful, because you don't want to do it all the time. It's like when you are young and you think if you are not having sex you're wasting your time. But as you get older you realise everything has its place. It's the same thing with performing.... Performing is a great thing to do but you don't want to have to be doing it every night. Mick Jagger nightsexthinking You never really know what's going to happen. You never know what the audience is going to be like or how they're going to behave. Mick Jagger behaveaudiencehappens 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. Mick Jagger geneswellssaws Lets drink to the hard working people Mick Jagger hard-workearthpeople I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs. Mick Jagger songforgetpast I love America, but I can't spend the whole year here. I can't afford the taxes. Mick Jagger funny-moneyamericayears They're so boring. They're so pathetic, all those journalists. Most of them are. Most of those kind that write gossip stuff, and most of it's gossip. Things are just invented about your personal life and you just have to take that. It's bullshit. People believe it, though. They just believe everything they read. Mick Jagger bullshitwritingbelieve I don't only like rock music. There are other forms of music that I find interesting. I would want to do everything, every kind of music. I wouldn't want to be limited to like playing heavy metal or whatever. Mick Jagger rockswantinteresting It's Only Rock and Roll. Mick Jagger rock-and-rollrocks No one, but no one, is equal, or ever will be. Elvis was and is supreme. Mick Jagger supremeequal 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 kindbreadway My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer. Mick Jagger bricklayersunhappymother My secrets must be poetic to be believable. Mick Jagger keeping-secretspoeticsecret Any performer is one person privately and then he's another person when he steps on the stage. Mick Jagger stageperformerssteps
