Samba rhythm is a great one to sing on, but it's also got some other suggestions in it, an undercurrent of being primitive - because it is a primitive African, South American, Afro-whatever-you-call-that rhythm. So to white people, it has a very sinister thing about it.

I don't want to be my extravert self all the time.

I don't really like using guns too much, you know, even for sport.

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.

When Gimme Shelter was recorded, early '69 or something, it was a time of war and tension, so that's reflected in this tune. It's still wheeled out when big storms happen, as they did the other week. It's been used a lot to evoke natural disaster.

Well, don't we all feel like jumping to the end of the world sometimes?

There's no great technical expertise in being a movie producer.