Mick Jaggerwho is best known as the frontman of the legendary band The Rolling Stones, recently opened up about his career as a musician. During one of his most recent interviews, the singer revealed what it means to him to get on stage and perform for people in this day and age.
Mick Jagger on being an entertainer
While speaking on the latest episode of the New York Times podcast, ‘The Interview’, the legendary musician weighed in on what it means to be an entertainer today. As an entertainer, his first and foremost goal is to make sure that everyone who attends his shows has a good time.He added, “I mean, the bottom line of my thing is really that my job in the live music world is just [to give] those people who have the best time they can, and for two hours or whatever forget all their problems and the problems of the world and their debts and whatever else.”
Mick Jagger says he doesn’t want to lecture his fans through his music
The veteran musician also added in the interview that he likes to slip in some verses about political and social commentary in his music; however, he knew no one wanted to hear a whole song about that. In addition to this, the singer showed how he was inspired by others around him and shared, “I’m also used to making songs about personal relationships, and then I put a verse about politics in there. I think that’s a trick I learned from other songwriters, or I listen to others, because nobody wants to hear a whole commentary about politics or…”However, the singer also weighed in on the return of some of his comments and jokes about politics on stage, including his comment on the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. For those who don’t know, while performing at the Heritage Festival, Jagger made some comments about Governor Jeff Landry, which ended up causing trouble for him.At the time he stated, “We are a welcoming crowd, aren’t we? I hope Mr. Landry enjoyed the show. He’s really inclusive, you know. He’s trying to take us back to the Stone Age.” After Jagger’s comment went viral, the governor took to his X account (formerly known as Twitter), and shared his own thoughts on the singer, writing, “You don’t always get what you want. The only person who can remember the Stone Age is Mick Jagger. Love you buddy, you are always welcome in Louisiana! #LoveMyCountryMusic.”Mick Jagger is best known as one of the founding members of The Rolling Stones. He founded the band in 1962 in London, together with his childhood friend Keith Richards and Brian Jones. Over the course of their career as a group, they released about 32 studio albums and more than 100 singles.