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 don't find it easy dealing with people with drug problems. It helps if you're all taking drugs, all the same drugs.

Rock & roll mostly is a very butch thing, and it appeals to one hard side of the masculine character. But I don't think the Rolling Stones are only a rock band. They can be other things. They can be very feminine.

No one, but no one, is equal, or ever will be. Elvis was and is supreme.

Dandelions don't tell no lies.

I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.

The grown-up world was a very ordered society in the early '60s, and I was coming out of it. America was even more ordered than anywhere else. I found it was a very restrictive society in thought and behavior and dress.