The only performance that makes it, that really makes it, that makes it all the way, is the one that achieves madness.

I don't hate journalists. You can't hate a class of people. It's wrong to say that. But I do think they're a bit like poison. Never trust them. You can't trust them as a class of people. It's their job not to be trusted.

The music's rehearsed a lot. All people think about is, they think, in rock 'n' roll, they get the music off right and they think it's okay standing, looking macho. Well, it's not. That's boring. If you want to be a performer you've got to do a lot more work than that.

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

I am pleased the Ministry of Culture is protecting the morals of expatriate bankers and their girlfriends.

I was never that interested in business, to be honest. I do the minimal amount of business as possible because I'm not actually interested in it as a thing. But some people are interested in it, and there's nothing wrong with that.

It's Only Rock and Roll.