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

I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.

You don't start to play your guitar thinking you're going to be running an organisation that will maybe generate millions.

I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.

And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You've got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.

What interested me about Chuck Berry was the way he could step out of the rhythm part with such ease, throwing in a nice, simple riff, and then drop straight into the feel of it again. We used to play a lot more rhythm stuff. We'd do away with the differences between lead and rhythm guitar. You can't go into a shop and ask for a "lead guitar". You're a guitar player, and you play a guitar.

George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.