Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.

Americans are funny people: first you shock them, then they put you in a museum.

I haven't had the time to plan returning to the scene because I haven't left it.

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.

There is something I like about talking to journalists that really goes beyond promotion because you aren't just talking to the journalist, but you are talking through them to people who presumably are fans of the Rolling Stones. The interviews give you a chance to say a few things and maybe clear up some of the things people read about the band.

I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five.

You have to write a song around this specific character or to enhance a specific scene. A lot of other craft goes on.