I always want to rock.

I can't be left unsupervised.

Married life is absolutely brilliant.

I love to go to Ireland just to relax.

You don't make solo albums to have hits.

When I'm left on my own I'm my own worst enemy.

I find it hard to get old and hard to say, 'No.'

What can I say, I'm an alcoholic. It's what I do.

All of us can't wait to get out there whatever way.

I love to get into a landscape and paint my horses.

I'm a Gemini, so I have a great time with the other guy.

All my life there's always been an ex-wife or a girlfriend.

I had a fiery affair with George Harrison's wife, Pattie Boyd.

I'm terrible with money, absolutely awful. I'm always losing it.

Amazing, the poisons I used to put in my body. I used to love it.

I still feel 29. Maybe I should act my age more, but I just can't.

I'm still digging long-established bands like U2 - they're new to me!

I have a lot of growing up to do. But I think, 'Hell, is it too late?'

With every gig we have to prove ourselves better than the night before.

Regina Spektor is great. I can't wait to see what more she's capable of.

Most white Americans only discovered the blues with the British invasion.

When I first saw Jo, I said boom, that was it, because I'm a one-woman man.

I like it when journalists are nice to me, and it's happening more and more.

In my family, they were all big boozers, but they all lived to ripe old ages.

Nowadays you can record on your laptop with Pro Tools, which I do quite often.

Let's face it: I paint well. I know it, you know it. There's no arguing really, is there?

We'll rock till we drop. We have all agreed this won't be the last time. Everyone's rocking.

I used to worry, 'I've lost my family.' They hated me for a while, but they're very resilient.

Mick says, Would you join the band? I say to him, Mick, you know I'd be there in a New York minute.

I have a life coach out with me on tour, a very nice guy from L.A. He just prepares me for each day.

I've always thrived on getting a drive from different emotional circumstances that I'm going through.

My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now.

My real self is probably more creative and more frightening than any sort of drink or drug-induced state.

Jo left me a few months ago for 10 days. I get this note: I'll come back when the real Ronnie comes back.

I go off into Dublin and two days later I'm spotted walking by the Liffey with a whole bunch of new friends.

I will miss a good friend who was so talanted. He was such agreat performer/ guitar player. Sleep well Prince.

They say you can smoke 400 cigs a day and drink 20 cups of coffee, but you can't have a line or a drink again.

I am a big fan of the Impressionists, and in my school days, I was inspired by Caravaggio, Velazquez and Rembrandt.

There's a basic rule which runs through all kinds of music, kind of an unwritten rule. I don't know what it is. But I've got it.

I think people are just creative, and this can be expressed in a number of ways. Bob Dylan and David Bowie create both music and art.

I think people are 'just creative,' and this can be expressed in a number of ways. Bob Dylan and David Bowie create both music and art.

The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back on the blues.

The last show we played, I was straight as a die. It did feel weird not to be hiding behind alcohol or dope, but being focused was... good.

When I get intimate with my paintings, it's a real good spiritual thing to get off my chest. Same as playing the instruments is a great release.

People often get the wrong impression of Mick. The clever businessman is just one side of Mick. The other side is the same as the rest of us, a true rocker!

I'm more lost when I'm not on tour. I'm in a bit of a muddle at nine o'clock - 'Where's the stage?' On tour, there are people directing and supervising you.

Mick has expressed an interest in coming to the gallery tonight because he's seen me behaving myself lately. He is being much more supportive, which is nice.

I have been rich, and I have been broke. Some of it is my fault for choosing bad management and making bad investments. But that is life - we all take risks.

I've got an article where my mum says that I used to run home from school to watch the Stones on TV. Right from when I was at college I wanted to be in that band.

Songs are out there - they're waiting to be grabbed. I start with a phrase, musical and lyrical, words like 'I don't think so' and a nice riff. It rolls from there.

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