Mick Jagger found writing his memoirs too boring to finish
Mick Jagger says that he found his life too boring for him to finish his autobiography. Britain's fametastic.co.uk reported that Jagger revealed that, "I was offered a large sum of money (for the book), which I found tempting and I started writing. I was sitting around talking endlessly about the past (and) living in it. And I found it rather dull."
Jagger added that he'd still like to find a different way to tell his life story: "I'd love to find another form to do it in. A book form, but not in the accepted showbiz memoir."
Jagger said a while back that his reputation as being a prowling playboy has always been more of a public perception than an actual reality: "There aren't any playboys anymore. They don't exist anymore. It's rather sad, really. They wrapped themselves around trees in badly-driven sports cars (laughter) many, many years ago. And I've always been a very career-minded person, and any vague resemblance of my life to a playboy's is merely coincidental."
To date, only the Stones' former bassist Bill Wyman has written an autobiography. 1990's Stone Alone chronicled both Stones' personal lives and career from their early days in London until around 1973.
Over the years, Jagger has allowed several high profile authors to document the Stones' life on the road in great detail, including Stanley Booth's The True Adventures Of The Rolling Stones, which chronicled the band's 1969 U.S. tour, culminating in the tragic death of a fan at the free concert at the Altamont Speedway.
Robert Greenfield's S.T.P.: A Journey Through America With The Rolling Stones detailed the band's legendary 1972 U.S. tour, which set the precedent for the way rock tours were designed in the '70s, and Chet Flippo's It's Only Rock And Roll followed the band's 1975-1976 "Tour Of The Americas" and culminated with Keith Richards' notorious 1977 drug bust in Toronto.
The Rolling Stones' kick off a series of European dates on June 5th in Werchter, Belgium. Their tour wraps up in late August.
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Jagger added that he'd still like to find a different way to tell his life story: "I'd love to find another form to do it in. A book form, but not in the accepted showbiz memoir."
Jagger said a while back that his reputation as being a prowling playboy has always been more of a public perception than an actual reality: "There aren't any playboys anymore. They don't exist anymore. It's rather sad, really. They wrapped themselves around trees in badly-driven sports cars (laughter) many, many years ago. And I've always been a very career-minded person, and any vague resemblance of my life to a playboy's is merely coincidental."
To date, only the Stones' former bassist Bill Wyman has written an autobiography. 1990's Stone Alone chronicled both Stones' personal lives and career from their early days in London until around 1973.
Over the years, Jagger has allowed several high profile authors to document the Stones' life on the road in great detail, including Stanley Booth's The True Adventures Of The Rolling Stones, which chronicled the band's 1969 U.S. tour, culminating in the tragic death of a fan at the free concert at the Altamont Speedway.
Robert Greenfield's S.T.P.: A Journey Through America With The Rolling Stones detailed the band's legendary 1972 U.S. tour, which set the precedent for the way rock tours were designed in the '70s, and Chet Flippo's It's Only Rock And Roll followed the band's 1975-1976 "Tour Of The Americas" and culminated with Keith Richards' notorious 1977 drug bust in Toronto.
The Rolling Stones' kick off a series of European dates on June 5th in Werchter, Belgium. Their tour wraps up in late August.
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