“I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm 45.”

“I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead. ”

“After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.”

“Mick Jagger once boasted that 'I’d rather be dead than still singing ‘Satisfaction’ when I’m forty-five.' But now he’s over sixty and still singing 'Satisfaction'. Some people might find this funny, but not me. When he was young, Mick Jagger couldn’t imagine himself at forty-five. When I was young, I was the same. Can I laugh at Mick Jagger? No way. I just happen not to be a young rock singer. Nobody remembers what stupid things I might have said back then, so they’re not about to quote them back at me. That’s the only difference.”

“I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance”

“I'd rather let you cover all my roads with thorns than with dead roses.”