But actually, my drug addiction thing, I was so stubborn.

I was sitting in the classroom trying to look intelligent in case the teacher looked at me.

And these [pharmaceutical] companies are still threatening to sue. And it's like, you know, do you not have a conscience? Do you not want the world to be a better place? You're still making a profit. How much more of a profit do you want to make?

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

And now South Africa has finally woken up and it is doing great things. And if South Africa becomes the template to what AIDS is in the sub-Saharan continent, then all the other countries are going to follow suit. And Michel Sidibe, who spoke at the breakfast meeting this morning, was saying that there is so much hope for Africa now that South Africa has got its house in order.

I just think you shouldn't expect people to pay money to see someone sing live and then lip-synch.

On Keith Richards: He's like a monkey with arthritis.