I was number 1 on the who's likely to die list for 10 years...I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.

You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.

Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.

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.

[joking about the length of the Rolling Stones' career] You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe - and you have the Rolling Stones!

The Beatles were basically a vocal band.

Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn't die of an overdose, he died of fame.