Mick Jagger wants to keep his concerts only rock and roll, how he likes it.Talking about the role politics plays in his music in an interview with the New York Times released on Saturday, The Rolling Stones frontman said he likes to keep any social commentary in his songs to “small doses” and never wants to make those messages a part of live performances.“You don’t want to lecture,” he told journalist David Marchese, saying, “My job in the live music world is for those people that come to have the best time they possibly can and for two hours to forget all their problems and the problems of the world and their mortgages.”Asked if he’d prefer his relationship with his audience to be intimate and confessional like Bob Dylan or a “meaningful,” message-driven “back-and-forth” like that of “Born in the U.S.A.” rocker Bruce Springsteen, Jagger said it’s all about playing the crowd that’s in front of you — but that his top priority is entertainment.Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, here during the band's Hackney Diamonds '24 Tour that July, talked about striking the right balance with politics and music in a fresh interview with the New York Times.Gary Miller via Getty ImagesSince President Donald Trump returned to office, Springsteen has used his concerts as a political rallying cry, even penning songs that take aim at him and his administration head-on.During a May concert in Washington, D.C., the “Born to Run” artist called on fans to “fight for the America that we love,” telling them, “So many of our elected leaders have failed us that this American tragedy can only be stopped by the American people — you.”While Jagger didn’t sound like he’d be embracing the Springsteen style any time soon, he’s flirted with politics on stage in the past.The “Satisfaction” singer slammed Trump’s climate policies in 2019 and mocked his efforts to overturn the 2020 election at a concert in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2024.Back in 2016, the Stones flat-out tweeted that they “do not endorse Donald Trump” after the then-candidate used their track “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” at a 2016 campaign rally.Still, Jagger made it clear he wasn’t 100% against a bit of musical activism during his chat with Marchese, telling the interviewer that at 82, he’s writing about things he never would have touched in his 30s.“I’ve also gotten into this habit of doing songs that are about personal relationships, and then I throw a verse about politics in there,” he said of songs from the Stones’ forthcoming album “Foreign Tongues.”“That’s a trick that I’ve learned from other songwriters, because nobody wants to hear a whole song about politics or social comment,” the rocker went on.