Don't you think it's sometimes wise not to grow up.

One song isn't going to ever change things, but I suppose it's the accumulation of music generally [that is]. If you can imagine a world that has no music in it, it would be a very different world, so music does change the world by virtue of all the music in it. Cumulative music of every kind, from banging a drum to playing a flute or recording symphonies, or singing 'War, what is it good for?' All those things change the whole way we live.

I remember when I was very young, I read an article by Fats Domino which has really influenced me. He said, 'You should never sing the lyrics out very clearly.

I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.

I don't want to be singing Satisfaction when I'm 40.

People don't bother to check with anything anymore. They just like to speculate in print. We like fact-checking!

For some people it's real therapy to talk to journalists about their private lives and inner thoughts. But I would rather keep something to myself.