Great Scott

My appointment at the hair salon yesterday gave me time to read the new May issue of Vogue.  It features the Paris apartment of fashion designer and former model L'Wren Scott.  For those of you who don't know, she has also been dating Sir Mick Jagger for the last ten years. That's actually important information because of the pieces in the gorgeous left bank flat were rescued from some of his homes including the entire master bath. One of the first things I did was scan the article to see if she worked with an interior designer.  She worked with an architect but did all the decorating herself with the help of many assistants I'm sure.  She said it took nine months to choose the right paint colors and it looks like it was worth the wait.  Every wall and fabric color is absolutely perfect for the grey light of Paris.  It always sounds like a cliche when you say you could see yourself moving right in and not changing anything but in this case it's true.  I'd even let Mick stay.  

Photos by Francois Halard for Vogue

A good thing never ends.

July 26th is the birthday of Sir Michael Philip Jagger. I like to remember certain rock stars in heyday of their youth. These photos of Mick in the 1960's and 70's are as classic as his quotes. In the words of Mick, "a good thing never ends." Rock on Mick!

"People get very thoughtful when they are in cars. I no longer care for cars. I don't collect them."

"My secrets must be poetic to be believable."

"Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind."

"People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten."

"The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either."

"I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over."

"You wake up in the morning and you look at your old spoon, and you say to yourself, 'Mick, it's time to get yourself a new spoon.' And you do."

"Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos."

"A lot of times songs are very much of a moment, that you just encapsulate. They come to you, you write them, you feel good that day, or bad that day."

"I haven't had the time to plan returning to the scene because I haven't left it."

"I can't get no satisfaction."

"The elusive nature of love... it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it's just fluttering and it's gone."

"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing."

"People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable."