Mick Jagger Quotes

If people want to criticize a performance, that I understand. I think that's important.

There's a lot of criticism in this job and what we do. It's in front of everybody and for everybody to have their own opinion about what we do. Don't be in this position if you can't handle that criticism.

I don't take much notice of reviews now - obviously you'd like to have straight worship but you're never going to get that.

It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life. You have to take it.

When you do comedy, you get impervious to good and bad reviews.

If someone criticizes my acting, they may be right.

Criticism pretty much follows anything anyone ever does. So, anytime anyone ever writes a song, plays a show, or does whatever they do, there's going to be a certain amount of criticism because that's kind of what happens.

I'm not one to get bad reviews.

If you do not play well, it is normal that they criticise you. But criticism is part of the game, so you accept it.

I realized that everybody is a critic. They're going to say they hate you, they love you, they this, they that, but at the end of the day, no matter what, I have to be confident in myself as a man and an artist.

Criticism is part of football, but we have to work.

Generally I always take genuine criticism. It's part of football.

Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said. I could barely muster a "yeah." That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.

I don't mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore. You've got to have people putting you down. It doesn't give any edge to it if everybody just falls flat on their face saying, "You're great." We enjoy some of the criticisms as well, they're quite funny; some of the clever criticisms, not the ones that don't know anything, but some of the clever ones are quite fun.

Approval isn’t necessary. It’s nice when you get it, but it’s not going to stop us from being who we are. I mean, if I’d have listened to approval, I’d never have made it one day onstage. But to be criticized, if there’s validity, as upset as you are, you can learn from it.

It's not usually that great of an idea to read lots of reviews of your movies, because even if somebody's saying nice things, there'll still be something in there that pushes the wrong button, and it's not really that helpful.

You see an artist, a creative person, can accept criticism or can live with the criticism much more easily than with being ignored. Criticism makes you feel alive. If somebody is bothered enough to speak vituperatively about it, you feel you have touched a nerve and you are at least 'in touch.' You are not happy that he doesn't like it, but you feel you are in contact with life.

The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated. Kids turn up unrehearsed, wearing the wrong clothes, singing out of tune and you can either say, "Good job" and patronize them or tell them the truth, and sometimes the truth is perceived as mean.

I don't mind being criticized intelligently; although I don't love it.

Criticism can bother you, but you should be more bothered if there’s no criticism. That means you’re too safe

Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!

You're happy that people are seeing your work. As for the critics, it really hurts when they knock you.

There are good and bad critics like good or bad artists. A good critic says why they didn't like it. A bad critic gives it away that they don't like you as a person. I quite like that as well, because it means that I've won.

If you're criticized then you can use it as an experience. Compliments, you can't use.

I've learnt that you shouldn't take people seriously, whether they praise you or trash you.