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Mick Jagger opens up about what he thinks is his job as an entertainer.
In an interview with the New York Times podcast, “The Interview,” the 82-year-old Rolling Stones frontman shared that he believes his job as a musician is to make sure audiences “have the best time they can” at his shows.
“I mean, the bottom line of my thing is that my job in the world of live music is those people who come and have the best time, and for two hours or so they forget all their problems and the problems of the world and their debts and whatever,” he said.
“They can have the best time. It’s like going to a sporting event, really, because everything else is screaming,” he continued. “You just watch who’s going to win. You don’t worry about everything else.”
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Jagger said he doesn’t think it’s his place to “educate” the audience on his shows. (Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images for Dior)
Jagger made it clear he was more concerned with making sure his fans had a good time at the end of his concert, insisting he “didn’t want to lecture them” about anything.
Although he does not feel the need to “educate” his fans in his concerts, he is not above putting his opinion and giving public comments in his song lyrics.
“I have also entered into this habit of making songs that talk about human relationships, then I throw in a verse that talks about politics,” he explained. “I think that’s a trick I’ve learned from other songwriters, or listened to others, because nobody wants to hear a whole song about politics or…social commentary, of any kind.”
Although the singer told the interviewer, David Marchese, that his main goal when he sings is to please people, he removed a small dispute between himself and the governor of Louisiana when he performed in New Orleans in May 2024.
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Jagger once called the governor of Louisiana during an event at a music festival in New Orleans. (Evan Agostini/Invision/Getty Images, File)
While performing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Jagger called Gov. Jeff Landry by name.
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“We’re a welcoming crowd, aren’t we?” Jagger asked. “I hope Mr. Landry enjoys this show. He’s putting every real person in, you know. He’s trying to take us back to the Stone Age.”
Shortly after making the comment, the Republican governor responded on social media, appearing to poke fun at the singer.
Jagger’s comments saw the Louisiana governor fire back at him on social media. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images. File)
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“You can’t always get what you want,” he wrote on X. “The only person who might remember the Stone Age is Mick Jagger. I love you buddy, you’re always welcome in Louisiana! #LoveMyCountryMusic.”
