The thing about being a songwriter, once you realize you are one, is that to provide ammo, you start to become an observer. ... You're constantly on the alert. That faculty gets trained in you over the years: observing people, how they react to one another, which in a way makes you weirdly distant. ... It's a little of Peeping Tom, being a song-writer.

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

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.

I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.

We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.

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

It's really good to be here and as I always say, it's really good to be anywhere!