Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.

I haven’t had the time to plan returning to the scene because I haven’t left it.

I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.

I am not a librarian of my own work. It’s a good thing not to be too involved with what you have done.

Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.

I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That’s why I tend to forget my songs.

The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table.

The elusive nature of love… it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it’s just fluttering and it’s gone.

The past is a great place and I don’t want to erase it or to regret it, but I don’t want to be its prisoner either.

People love talking about when they were young and heard Honky Tonk Women for the first time. It’s quite a heavy load to carry on your shoulders, the memories of so many people.

I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over.

Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.

A good thing never ends.

People get very thoughtful when they are in cars. I no longer care for cars. I don’t collect them.

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.

Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.

I’d rather be dead than singing “Satisfaction” when I’m forty-five.

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

I can’t get no satisfaction.

It’s all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.

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.

I don’t really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson. I’m a creative artist. All I know from business I’ve picked up along the way.

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.

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

My secrets must be poetic to be believable.

People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten.

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.

The new fashion is to talk about the most private parts of your life; other fashion is to repent of your excesses and to criticize the drugs that made you happy in the other times.

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