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

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

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

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

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

I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.

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 can't get no satisfaction.

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five.

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.

Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.

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

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

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

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

My secrets must be poetic to be believable.

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

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

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.

A good thing never ends.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I am conservative with a small 'c.' It's possible to be conservative in fiscal policy, and tolerant on moral issues or questions of freedom of expression.

I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.

I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm forty-five.

Anyone taking heroin is thinking about taking heroin more than theyre thinking about anything else. Thats the general rule about most drugs.

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.

Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind

There's no absolutes in life, only vodka.

I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency.

Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well.

The work which is manipulated looks a little boring to me. I think life is pretty strange anyway. It is wooo, wooo, wooo!

I am not stopped by low funds, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, or temptations to stop and work on some other production that would be more financially rewarding.

The artist need not know very much; best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.

Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support.

The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.

The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy.

The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test.

What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.