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Mick Jagger Biography

Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943), known professionally as Mick Jagger, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, composer and actor who gained fame as the lead singer and one of the founder members of the Rolling Stones. Jagger's career has spanned over five decades, and he has been described as "one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of rock & roll". His distinctive voice and performances, along with Keith Richards' guitar style have been the trademark of the Rolling Stones throughout the band's career. Jagger gained press notoriety for his admitted drug use and romantic involvements, and was often portrayed as a countercultural figure.

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He stole my music but he gave me my name.

Names, Stole, Music, Gave, Name

Many Americans have no idea of what has been the foreign policy of their country. If you don't know about something, you can't understand what is going on.

Country, Ideas, Foreign Policy, Foreign, Understand

There's hundreds of different ways of writing songs.

Different, Hundreds, Song, Writing

I think, like most people, my moral values tend to be pretty fuzzy.

Fuzzy, People, Think, Thinking, Values

Everyone knows what their roots are, but you've got to explore everywhere. You've got to explore the sky too.

Sky, Roots, Knows, Explore, Everywhere

Thanks to everyone in Israel for the wonderful welcome. It was a great show and we'll remember it forever.

Everyone, Forever, Israel, Welcome

It's hard to believe that you did so many drugs for so long. That's what I find really hard. And didn't really consider it. It was eating and drinking and taking drugs and having sex. It was just part of life.

Believe, Drinking, Eating, Hard, Long, Sex

I was never that interested in business, to be honest. I do the minimal amount of business as possible because I'm not actually interested in it as a thing. But some people are interested in it, and there's nothing wrong with that.

Being Honest, Honest, Interested, People

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.

Fleeting, Fluttering, Gone, Thing

Acting is mostly interpretive. They use different parts of you, and different sides of you, and different so-called talents.

Acting, Different, Sides, Talents, Use

Time is on my side, yes it is.

Side, Sides, Time, Yes

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.

Years, People, Loving You, Irish, Loving, React

There's no great technical expertise in being a movie producer.

Expertise, Movie, Producer, Producers, Technical

When Gimme Shelter was recorded, early '69 or something, it was a time of war and tension, so that's reflected in this tune. It's still wheeled out when big storms happen, as they did the other week. It's been used a lot to evoke natural disaster.

Recorded, Storm, Storms, Tunes, War

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

Wise, Growing Up, Thinking, Think, Grow

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

Car, Cars, People, Thoughtful

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.

Fun, Instincts, Mean, Men, People, Thousand

Taking drugs on a recreation level is one thing. But taking them while you're working on a stage is, I don't think it was that great. It's the control factor. And the thing about being on stage, you really want to feel that you're sort of in control a lot. It's not a place where you want to be out of control.

Control, Drug, Level, Levels, Place, Thinking

I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you've experienced, the better it is. But it has to be tempered, and you just must let your imagination run.

Imagination, Run, Running, See, Songwriting

I wasn't understanding enough about drug addition. No one seemed to know much about drug addiction. Things like LSD were all new. No one knew the harm. People thought cocaine was good for you.

Addiction, Addition, Drug, People, Understanding

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