If you think that Mick Jagger will still be doing the whole rock star thing at age fifty, well, then, you are sorely, sorely mistaken.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Jagger suggests that the persona of a rock star evolves and cannot be maintained in the same way indefinitely.
- In plain terms
- Do not expect me to act like a rock star forever as I age.
- What can you take from it?
- Expectations about aging and career consistency are often wrong.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How should careers evolve with age?
- Is consistency more important than adaptation?
Another view
Some artists do maintain the same persona longer.
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