Mick Jagger opens up about how important it is for him as an entertainer to keep his fans occupied for the 2 or so hoours that they attend his shows for.
Mick Jagger, best known as the frontman of the legendary band The Rolling Stones, recently got candid about his career as a musician. During one of his latest interviews, the singer revealed what it means for him to get on stage and perform for people in this day and age.
Mick Jagger on being an entertainer
While talking 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 ensure that everyone attending 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 that come to have the best time they possibly can, and for two hours or whatever it is to forget all their problems and the problems of the world and their mortgages and their whatever.”
Mick Jagger says he does not want to lecture his fans through his music
The veteran musician also added in the interview that he likes to slip in a few verses about political and social commentary in his music; however, he knows no one wants to hear a whole song about that. Adding to it, the singer showed how he gets inspired by others around him and shared, “I’ve also got into this habit of doing songs that are about personal relationships, and then I throw a verse about politics in there. I think that’s a trick that I’ve learned from other songwriters, or I’ve listened to others, because nobody wants to hear a whole song about politics or. ..social comment, of any kind.”However, the singer also weighed in that some of his comments and jokes about politics on stage have backfired, including his comment at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. For the unversed, while performing at the Heritage Festival, Jagger had passed some comments about Governor Jeff Landry, which had ultimately caused some trouble for him.At the time he stated, “We’re a welcoming crowd, aren’t we? I hope Mr. Landry is enjoying the show. He’s real 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 can’t always get what you want. The only person who might remember the Stone Age is Mick Jagger. Love you buddy, you’re always welcome in Louisiana! #LoveMyCountryMusic.”Mick Jagger is best known for being one of the founding members of The Rolling Stones. He co-founded the band in 1962 in London, along with his childhood friend Keith Richards and Brian Jones. Over the course of their career as a group, they released around 32 studio albums and more than 100 singles. Go to Source
