I haven't stopped smoking...anything.

Love has sold more songs than you've had hot dinners..

It's great to be here. It's great to be anywhere..

To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something spec….

Some people think I'm a mythical genius, others think I'm a junkie madman..

What interested me about Chuck Berry was the way he could step out of the rhythm part with such ease, throwing in a nice, simple riff, and then drop ….

My life is full of broken halos..

One minute I'm standing at Ronnie Scott's getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I'm on a marble slab.

I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn't get bored anywhere..

When you're 20, you can't imagine being 30. When you're 30, you can't imagine being 40. When you're 40, you can't imagine being 100..

Rock n Roll is music from the neck down..

I don't think rock n' roll songwriters should worry about art. I don't think it comes into it...as far as I'm concerned, Art is just short for Arthur..

I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating..

In fact, I take the view that God, in his infinite wisdom, didn't bother to spring for two joints - heaven and hell. They're the same place, but heav….

I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. 'Here, Dad' — or more likely, 'Dad, have you got any?'.

I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage..

Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you're a grownup, but it's not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak..

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll..

I don't like to go into the studio with all the songs worked out and planned before hand ... you've got to give the band something to use its imagina….

About myself I have no great illusions. I know what I am. I know what I'm good at. I know what I ain't. I'm always hoping to surprise myself. But I d….

I wouldn't warm to [Chuck Berry] even if I was cremated next to him..