There was a knock on our dressing-room door. Our manager shouted, 'Keith! Ron! The Police are here!' Oh, man, we panicked, flushed everything down the john. Then the door opened and it was Stewart Copeland and Sting.

When you're supported by millions all over the world, you can either go nuts, or try to feed off the goodwill.

I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, "I tried, I can't do it" and give up and don't try it again; they get too discouraged.

When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.

And it was a very, very fruitful and great relationship between the Stones and The Beatles. It was very, very friendly.

You can't accuse me of anything I haven't already confessed to.

A painter's got a canvas. The writer's got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.