From the article:
" … the adulation that comes with being part of a superstar band can alter one’s personality."
"When asked how he fights against this, the 82-year-old rock legend replies, “It’s quite easy, really. You go out and walk on the street on your own and do normal things, go and buy The New York Times.”
Specifically, Mick says:
" … “psychologically your actual state of mind is permanently damaged.”
" … A lot of people in show business only hang around with people in show business, because they’ve got something in common, they can relate to each other, and you get disassociated from what people might call ‘real life’."
“People that do this that don’t have huge egos have huge problems because they have to manufacture a completely different [personality]. I have a friend whose standing joke is that I behave at a dinner party like I behave onstage.”
“Of course I’m not really like my stage persona… it’s such an exaggerated version of me. This overbearing, shouting, ego-tripping person — you’re not really like that. But when you’re in your late 20s and early 30s, you can be like that all the time. And there are people in show business that never switch off.”
“So which character do you go back to (after the show)? Is he always going to carry some of that character in his “true” character, whatever that is? This is the show business dichotomy and it’s something you learn to live with, and you always hope that you’re a so-called normal person underneath.”
Sounds to me like Mick Jagger is a pretty well balanced individual, knowing what’s for real and what isn’t. Especially regarding himself.
According to him, a lesser person might suffer a nervous breakdown under such pressure.
But no nervous breakdowns for him!
Original article:
… MSN