If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.
I've never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I'd keep myself amused.
Why would you want to be anything else if you're Mick Jagger?
You can't always get what you want, but if you really need something, you usually find it.
The rock's easy, but the roll is another thing...”
Some people think I'm a mythical genius, others think I'm a junkie madman.
There's something beautifully friendly and elevating about a bunch of guys playing music together. This wonderful little world that is unassailable. It's really teamwork, one guy supporting the others, and it's all for one purpose, and there's no flies in the ointment, for a while. And nobody conducting, it's all up to you. It's really jazz__that's the big secret. Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.