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

Quite often when I record a song, writing it and making a demo is the big thing and, after that, I think, how do I actually translate this into real life? A lot of the time I think I can't be bothered.

Any performer is one person privately and then he's another person when he steps on the stage.

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.

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.

Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.

I can't get no satisfaction.