Most guys I know are assholes. I have some great asshole friends, but that's not the point. Friendship has got nothing to do with that. It's can you ….

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet..

I only get ill when I give up drugs... I don't have a drug problem, I have a police problem..

But I'm not here just to make records and money. I'm here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: "Do you know….

I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, "I tried, I can't do i….

You didn't know whether Chuck Berry was black or white - it was not a concern..

I don't wave a flag for anything. I'm a musician..

I consider my job [being a musician] is to have a little idea and nurture it and put it in some form that everybody else can understand and then sort….

You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music..

Rock n Roll is music from the neck down..

To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence..

And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You've got to go out there and get your heart broke and….

I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records..

What is it that makes you want to write songs? In a way you want to stretch yourself into other people’s hearts. You want to plant yourself there, or….

What's the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that's at a normal job - and I ain't there yet..

I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I'll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It's a little embarr….

When you're supported by millions all over the world, you can either go nuts, or try to feed off the goodwill..

[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards..

We do what we want to do. We write songs. We try not to repeat ourselves too much. We have our own sound and our own way of doing things. Up until no….

Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters..

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