Back in those days, all us skinny white British kids were trying to look cool and sound black. And there was Hendrix, the ultimate in black cool. Everything he did was natural and perfect.

I can't be left unsupervised.

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

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

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

When I first started all this, it was mostly music fans that came along, Stones fans. But now, I'm being taken seriously. I've got highfalutin art collectors and everything!

Having loved the Stones all the time I was growing up, I wasn't about to see them go and split up. It got very close to it in the 80s, when Mick thought that Keith hated him and vice versa.

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

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.

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

On the porch were the still-smoking remains of long-stemmed roses, evidence that someone angry and passive-aggressive didn't know Peter was out of town.

Problems don’t actually exist. They’re just the hallucinogenic effects of people being weirded out on what they think life is supposed to be.

I get up in the morning, look around, arrange and rearrange things, and imagine how I might like them to look. Why doesn't everybody?

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.

Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belongs with theatre, ballet, opera and the dance.

You can't find the sound if you just love sleep.

And I'm the biggest country fan there is, but I'm always a little cautious of a slower song or just a song with subject matter.

in nonsense is strength

When you have done your best with what you know how to do best - and people everywhere look at you with a friendly smile.

The dreams I chased took me on a journey,a journey more rewarding than the goals