Vasco Rossi wishes Mick Jagger a happy birthday: "He made me understand the attitude of rockstars"

Vasco Rossi pays tribute to Mick Jagger and, on the 83rd birthday of the Rolling Stones frontman, reveals just how much the British singer's persona helped shape his own idea of a rockstar. The rocker from Zocca entrusted the message to a story posted on social media: “Watching Mick Jagger, I understood the attitude a rockstar has to have.” It's a tribute that goes beyond strictly musical influence, focusing above all on stage presence, energy and the attitude Jagger has embodied over more than sixty years of his career.

In the same hours Vasco also returned to social media to talk about his own roots and his relationship with provincial life, recalling how the anger built up during his teenage years gradually became one of the driving forces behind his music. From moving to the city from the mountains, feeling like he was seen as "second-rate", to his first great heartbreak, the singer revisited a number of experiences that left a deep mark on his personal and artistic growth.
Among the songs born out of those wounds, he cites “Brava”, released in 1980 on the album “Colpa d’Alfredo”. According to Vasco, the turning point came when he learned to turn anger into creative energy, transforming it from a destructive force into the fuel for his own freedom.

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Here is Vasco's full post: "When you manage to escape the provinces, you come out really pissed off! When I started out, I had this insane anger in me. It was the engine behind everything. My adolescence wasn't a walk in the park. I suffered a lot. Nowadays they'd call it bullying. Partly because I came from the mountains, and back then, if you arrived in the city from the mountains, you were automatically considered second-class. Then came my first great love story too. I fell in love at seventeen… and got hit by a memorable heartbreak. I clashed with a Seventies feminist… a real tough one! She was convinced I'd cheated on her and never forgave me for it. She literally demolished me. That blow marked me for years. For a long time I kept serious relationships at arm's length: I only sought out casual affairs, with no commitment, no sharing. But instead of letting all that anger rot inside me, I poured it into songs. Tracks like 'Brava' were born from those wounds too. In the end I understood something: anger has to be channeled. It has to be transformed. Transmuted, as they say nowadays… into love. Love for what you do. That's where everything changes. I was already doing it without realizing it. Now I know it's the best way not to let anger destroy you… but to turn it into the fuel of your freedom."

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