I'm always shy in front of an audience, so I'm always at the back, in the shadows, just doing it. I don't like the front, the adulation.

It's all right leaping about the stage when you're 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing

I was listening to music long before rock 'n roll.

You never know what your next dig is going to find.

But why is it that in music, anything more than 5 years old - apart from a few hits - is never played on radio to the young public?

Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.

The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.