It's all right letting yourself go as long as you can let yourself back. Mick Jagger More Quotes by Mick Jagger More Quotes From Mick Jagger I don't want to be singing Satisfaction when I'm 40. Mick Jagger singingsatisfactionwant I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age. Mick Jagger playbelievechildren 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 fiscal-policyissuesexpression Writing a song is like - you're writing a song all the time. It's just when it pops out. It's been there all the time. It's not something that suddenly you do it. It's always there. Suddenly, it's in the right mixture inside you to come out. Usually when you're writing on the piano or a guitar, you don't write in lyrics, on their own. To me it's very boring. Mick Jagger guitarwritingsong Most people in England don't live in the North, and people are snobby in England, so they wanted a band from the South. Mick Jagger bandenglandpeople There is something I like about talking to journalists that really goes beyond promotion because you aren't just talking to the journalist, but you are talking through them to people who presumably are fans of the Rolling Stones. The interviews give you a chance to say a few things and maybe clear up some of the things people read about the band. Mick Jagger talkinggivingpeople Polarization affects families and groups of friends. Its a paralyzing situation. A civil war of opinion. Mick Jagger groupsopinionwar I don't know if rock is dying. I wouldn't want to say that, but the world does change. Nothing stays the same. Mick Jagger rocksdyingdoe 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 good-morningwake-uplooks I think, like most people, my moral values tend to be pretty fuzzy. Mick Jagger fuzzypeoplethinking I have to get up the fitness level, sing a lot, practice, get in the mood, and generally do lots of rehearsal. Get your body and mind ready. Mick Jagger levelspracticemind If you're the singer in the band, you always get more attention than anyone else. Mick Jagger singersbandattention You know, being in a rock band, you can't overdo the costume changes too much because everyone thinks, oh, that's not a real rock band. Look how many times he changes costumes. That's not rock. Rock's about going on in a T-shirt and staying in it and getting it all dirty. But that's not really my approach. Mick Jagger realdirtythinking In England you're skewered on the altar of pop culture if you become pretentious. Mick Jagger pretentiousenglandculture Rock & roll mostly is a very butch thing, and it appeals to one hard side of the masculine character. But I don't think the Rolling Stones are only a rock band. They can be other things. They can be very feminine. Mick Jagger rockscharacterthinking I enjoy doing different kinds of things. I just enjoy being not tied too much. I feel that I'm tied to myself as a kind of traditional musician and a singer, and the history that I have ties me down. Mick Jagger singerstoo-muchties It's like everyone I have dinner with, I'm having an affair with. Who was it I met the other day? Minnie Driver! She seems charming, but that's the only time I've met her. Mick Jagger dinnercharmingaffair I would hate to say as a non-African-American person that it would be wrong for a black person to direct white people in a movie. Wouldn't that be awful of me to say that? The only sympathizing thing I might say for people that want to [grumble] is that a filmmaker should have an understanding for the place where the people you're portraying are coming from. Mick Jagger hateshould-havewhite For some people it's real therapy to talk to journalists about their private lives and inner thoughts. But I would rather keep something to myself. Mick Jagger journalistrealpeople I don't like being completely isolated. I need the energy from other people. Mick Jagger energypeopleneeds
