Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.

Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem.

I'd been an expert at taking beatings. Then I had a lucky break where I did a bully in, by total sheer luck. ... One minute I was the mark, and with just one swift move, I put the big man in school down. ... Once he was down, the whole atmosphere in the schoolyard changed. A huge cloud seemed to be lifted from me. ... I'd never been aware the cloud was so large.

I don't know if people in New York recognize me or not. I'm not really conscious of it. If somebody stops me, then I suddenly realize that people are looking at me, but other times they may be doing it and I don't even know because I'm engrossed in something else.

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

I wouldn't warm to [Chuck Berry] even if I was cremated next to him.

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