My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer. Mick Jagger More Quotes by Mick Jagger More Quotes From Mick Jagger I don't want to be a rock star all my life. Mick Jagger vegasrocksstars He stole my music but he gave me my name. Mick Jagger names It's not selling out, it is called making lots of money. Mick Jagger selling-outlots-of-moneyselling You don't always do the same things you've done the night before. That's what makes playing live so interesting as opposed to being in the studio. Mick Jagger donenightinteresting I'm interested in feedback and learning what people want. It's a tricky thing for me when I do a set list. You get bored doing the same songs. Let's say we do one ballad in two hours, and it's "Wild Horses." If you say, I'm tired of that, let's try something less well known, and then you're out there stumbling through this song you just relearned at sound check, and you realize people probably want "Wild Horses" instead of this. You do need to do some songs that aren't so well known. The question is how many? I'm open to people posting their requests. Mick Jagger horsetiredsong I don't really mind criticism in music or in shows and stuff like that at all. I mean, it doesn't really worry me even if it's like out of place. At least it's relevant. Mick Jagger mindworrymean I prefer to live in a rented house. No ties. Nothing around my neck. Just the minimum kind of bare comforts of home. Mick Jagger tieshousehome Quite often when I record a song, writing it and making a demo is the big thing and, after that, I think, how do I actually translate this into real life? A lot of the time I think I can't be bothered. Mick Jagger realwritingsong I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that? Mick Jagger kindwishschool When you write songs, you have to like them yourself first, but then you have to make everyone else like them, because you can force them to play it, but you can't force them to like it. Mick Jagger playwritingsong I like to have a peek, see what the audience is doing during the opening act, because it gives you a clue and gives you a good feeling of where you are - the air can be different in different places. Mick Jagger airfeelingsgiving I'm very ambivalent in my feelings about marriage. I think it promises a lot to people... sort of like saying, once you get married you are on the highway to heaven, and quite often it isn't that. I think marriage has always been based on a combination of religious and legal reasons. Mick Jagger religiouspeoplethinking Casanova, he had no money and no power, and according to some, he even was cute. But he had talent to live, and some literature talent. I love how he invented himself. Mick Jagger talentliteraturecute If you are British, you soon get used to people not loving you. The Irish remind us of offenses from 100 years ago. Perhaps we should react to what the French did to us even longer ago. Mick Jagger loving-youpeopleyears If you're really on some heavily addictive drug, you think about the drug, and everything else is secondary. You try and make everything work, but the drug comes first. Mick Jagger drugtryingthinking Of course, I do occasionally arouse primeval instincts, but I mean, most men can do that. They can't do it to so many. I just happen to be able to do it to several thousand people. It's fun to do that. Mick Jagger funmenmean You can't always get what you want. Mick Jagger encouragingtryinggraduation People also like partnerships because they can identify with the drama of two people in partnership. They can feed off a partnership, and that keeps people entertained. Besides, if you have a successful partnership, it's self-sustaining. Mick Jagger successfulselfdrama 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. Mick Jagger feel-goodwritingsong I don't want to be singing Satisfaction when I'm 40. Mick Jagger singingsatisfactionwant
