The electric guitar was vital in helping what I've achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.

Most guys I know are assholes. I have some great asshole friends, but that's not the point. Friendship has got nothing to do with that. It's can you hang, can you talk about this without any feeling of distance between you? Friendship is the diminishing of distance between people. That's what friendship is, and to me it's one of the most important things in the world.

The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It's almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.

Why would you want to be anything else if you're Mick Jagger?

If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they're asleep.

I haven't stopped smoking...anything