"By learning about his past you can see why his age is irrelevant when you ask yourself if he is mature enough to survive in his new environment. He is mature beyond his 20 years.
I asked how the people he had grown up with have developed during the past few years. 'I sometimes meet the guys I went to school with and to be honest, they haven't developed at all.' he said. 'Most of them have been swallowed up by the Establishment, the way everyone else is. Most of them are married—they always get married around 21, you know. I'm glad I'm a musician and escaped it.' […]
[…] Mick has already had a bitter taste of the blinding spotlight of publicity which is constantly trying to pry into the dark shadows of the Stones' private lives. Was he apprehensive about this side of his future career? 'There's nothing more those people love than a scandal,' he said. 'I don't worry—there's nothing we can do about it. You know you are a victim of a system beyond your control. We're no different from most other people, but we get all that because of the position we are in.'
Finally, I asked Mick if he had noticed a change in attitude in his friends since becoming a Rolling Stone. 'I notice the change most when I walk into a club or something and all the heads turn. But, you shouldn't get uptight about it, or revel in it. I just try to act naturally. I suppose more than anything, I find it amazing. But, if people want to stare, let them—it's nice.'"— Tony Norman of Fusion Magazine
