The most important thing is to follow your instinct and get involved with some friends who have similar taste and aspirations and like music as much as you do.

The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're not like a group that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've always been there.

I had to learn chord shapes... I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music.

I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played

I've never stopped learning.

It's not rubbish to say that I was a bit peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that wasn't the whole reason. I guess I just felt like I had enough. I decided to leave and start a group with Jack Bruce

I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. ...both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with.