The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.

The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It's almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.

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

This is the rock 'n' roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery.

I'm an unpure purist, something like that.

I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. 'Here, Dad' — or more likely, 'Dad, have you got any?'

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