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Mick Jagger knows more as an old man than as a devil. The leader of the British band The Rolling Stones is a true living rock legend. But in addition to his undoubted charisma and undeniable musical talent, the singer is also a gatherer of wild stories , a scandalous romantic and a servant when it comes to being on the edge of the boundaries between legal and illegal.
That is why, on his 77th birthday , this Sunday the 26th, we compacted the 10 most iconic phrases of the famous musician:
1 The Separation of the Stones
"It's ridiculous. No one should be concerned if the Rolling Stones split, should they? I mean, when the Beatles split, I didn't give a damn. What's more, we thought it was a very good idea," said the leader of the band in an interview with Tom Hibbert in 1987.
2. Sex, drugs and rock'n roll
"In these years of my career I have learned that you start playing rock and roll in order to have sex and take drugs, and you end up taking drugs in order to play rock and roll and have sex."
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3. Privacy
"The new fashion for celebrities is to talk about the most private parts of your life, another is to regret excesses and criticize the drugs that once made you happy," he told David Letterman in an interview in 2012.
4. Autographs
"A good way to stay entertained when signing autographs is to sign every ten of them with the name Doris Goldblatt." She also expressed it to American presenter David Letterman.
5. The money
Jagger in October 1973 in Hamburg, Germany.
"I am not a businessman. I don't deal with business at all. Not anymore. Every once in a while, every four or five years, they tell me that I have run out of money and I have to do a little more." He said this in an interview with Liz Derringer in 1979.
6. It's just rock'n roll
"Getting rich quick is part of the Rock and Roll fantasy. For most, that means driving a big car, having all the girls you want, and being able to buy everything you do. It's always been that way. say the opposite, he is lying to you. The truth is that I could never have gotten so rich if I had dedicated myself to something else. But I don't do it just for money. Otherwise, I wouldn't be with the Stones: I would sing as a soloist in a Las Vegas casino and you wouldn't have to divide the benefits by five, "Mick said in an interview with People magazine in 1975.
7. Failed prediction
"When I turn 33, I retire. That's the time when a man has to do other things. I don't want to be a rock star all my life. I couldn't imagine ending up as Elvis Presley playing in Las Vegas. for all those housewives and all those old women with their wallets coming to see me. It is really sick, "he said in 1972.
8. Egomania
"As long as my photo appears on the cover of a magazine, I don't care what is said about me on page 17," he told a Dutch journalist on his way through Rotterdam in 1990.
9. The girls
"I am not evil. What happens is that everyone looks for me when there is a girl in my room," he told the writer Mirko Lauer during his first tour of Peru in 1969.
10. Insistent
"You don't always get what you want, but if you try, you get what you need."