Mick Jagger Quotes

“Don't you think it's sometimes wise not to grow up.”

“Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.”

“The only performance that makes it, that makes it all the way is the one that achieves madness.”

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

“I can't get no satisfaction.”

“Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.”

“Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.”

“I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.”

“I'm pleased that the Ministry of Culture is protecting the morals of the expat bankers and their girlfriends that are going to be coming.”

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

“Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them some day…”

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

“Life's just a cocktail party - on the street.”

“When I'm 33, I quit.”

“Dandelions don't tell no lies…”

“We have not had any disagreements about clothes, smoking or L'Wren, and this is all very hurtful for her… It is completely untrue to say that L'Wren has caused a rift between myself and the rest of the band. This is all nonsense, everyone has their own style.”

“There's not many Americans, certainly not many of the teenagers I met when I first went to America, knew anything about [blues musicians] at all. … They do now, which is very groovy.”

“I would rather be dead than singing Satisfaction when I am 45.”

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

“I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?”

“Yes, star-crossed in pleasure, the stream flows on by
Yes, as we're sated in leisure, we watch it fly, yes
And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me...
Hours are like diamonds, don't let them waste...
Drink in your summer, gather your corn...
The dreams of the nighttime will vanish by dawn”

“Let's drink to the hard working people
Let's drink to the salt of the earth
...Raise your glass to the hard working people
...Who need leaders but get gamblers instead”