Isaac Mizrahi Quotes

I didn't appreciate Mick Jagger until I got older, and mainly because of the Mick Jagger swagger. He defined that for the world. He was bold and adventurous with it, too - just the ultimate rock star.

I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image.

I don't think I'll ever be comfortable being considered a sex symbol, especially after you work with someone like George Clooney.

That Mick Jagger, I feel sorry for him. After all these years he still can't get no satisfaction.

I didn't know I was a sex symbol in the U.K., but if I am, then I'm flattered.

David Bowie, for me, was the butchest guy in town. Jagger was like a truck driver.

Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.

I found Mick Jagger... very bright. I always liked him very much and still do.

I look up to Mick Jagger because he's an amazing performer and he's such an individual. I respect him and admire him eternally.

I don't want to be Marilyn Monroe. In many ways, that's a good comparison. Because Marilyn Monroe was a sexpot, all that stuff that I have no interest in. For me, it's much easier to just try to make people laugh than to try to be the hottest thing in the world.

If you're the Rolling Stones, you can sing 'Start Me Up' for 35 years, and people still cheer.

I'd love to interview Mick Jagger, but that might be scary.

Mick Jagger was a lightning bolt of strange talent sent from above.

Elvis may have been my first hero, but you couldn't relate to him.

I didn't even like Mick Jagger.

Elvis Presley? He's God.

Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business.

It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.

In 1952, Muddy cut the song 'Rollin' Stone.' It was a nationwide success, and the song echoes down through rock n' roll history. Bob Dylan cut a tribute by the same name, an English band decided to call themselves the Rolling Stones, and the magazine that first embraced music as a serious cultural phenomenon was itself called 'Rolling Stone.'

I went to see 'Shine a Light,' and it was the most perfect thing I could have done to watch that man do what he does in front of an audience. It's primarily Mick Jagger, but they're all so confident and relaxed and in love with what they do, and aware of the power of what they do. It's just deeply, deeply attractive.

I'm aware that people see me as a sex symbol. But I know I can act.

I feel that I see John Lennon now as not a celebrity. I did then. I saw him as a cardboard cutout on an album cover.

I love being regarded as a sex symbol, but I can't take it too seriously.

I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it.

It's not my plan or whatever in my life to be a sex symbol. It never is. You are who you are, but you can't help what you look like. And when you do a film, like for me, it's just not about that. I would prefer to downplay it. I prefer to downplay the sex appeal.