"I feel very good" – Rolling Stone

"I feel very good," said Mick Jagger in his first interview since a heartfelt operation that led him to postpone the upcoming Rolling Stones North American summer tour. On Toronto's Q107 radio station, Jagger said things were going as usual since his operation. "I've been rehearsing a lot these past weeks … this morning [I did] a little gym. Nothing crazy. Then I repeat with the rest of the group. "

During these rehearsals, the group tried to create surprises. "We are trying to pick those we have not done in recent years, things we have never done before," he said. "Most of the time, people do not want too much unusual. People like a little unusual. Jagger added that "Memory Motel" is one of the rarities that the band repeated a few days ago. "

Jagger is well aware of the classics that most people want to hear. «Favorite people like to hear, you know,« Paint it in black », Honky Tonk [Women]& # 39; and & # 39; satisfaction & # 39; and things like that. We do not always necessarily all. We sometimes lose one or two, but there may be ten favorites. I do not know what people would feel if you did not practice them. I think people would say, "Oh, it's a bit unfortunate, I've come to hear that." At the same time, he says, "We usually have a [fan] vote song. We usually add two different things. There may be some of them.

Jagger says that he always likes to be on the road – but not as much as before. "I do not do it all the time, [like] 12 months a year. When you're young, that's what you do. [Today I] spend three or four months on the road in a year and it seems like a pretty good balance. "

The news of Jagger's surgery was announced in April, but the leader dispelled any doubt about his condition when he posted a dance video on Instagram. Keith Richards recently granted an interview to the Toronto Sun about the episode: "He lived it very easily. He's in great shape – rock. As I said, it really did not seem to be a problem. Richards said he did not fear Jagger's mortality. "It was just," Oh, Mick will be better. "We will wait just because there is no doubt that we are going to lift it soon, it just had to be done, so we did it." The Stones begin their tour on June 21st in Chicago.