"People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable."

"The elusive nature of love... it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it's just fluttering and it's gone."

"I am not a librarian of my own work. It's a good thing not to be too involved with what you have done."

"I got nasty habits; I take tea at three."

"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing."

"My secrets must be poetic to be believable."

"People think they know you. They know the things about you that you have forgotten."

"I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five."

"Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind."

"I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over."

"I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs."

"The new fashion is to talk about the most private parts of your life; other fashion is to repent of your excesses and to criticize the drugs that made you happy in the other times."

"I can't get no satisfaction."

"You wake up in the morning and you look at your old spoon, and you say to yourself, 'Mick, it's time to get yourself a new spoon.' And you do."

"The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table."

"Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope."

"A lot of times songs are very much of a moment, that you just encapsulate. They come to you, you write them, you feel good that day, or bad that day."

"It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back."

"I haven't had the time to plan returning to the scene because I haven't left it."

"People love talking about when they were young and heard Honky Tonk Women for the first time. It's quite a heavy load to carry on your shoulders, the memories of so many people."

"I don't really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson. I'm a creative artist. All I know from business I've picked up along the way."

"I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It's true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted."

"People get very thoughtful when they are in cars. I no longer care for cars. I don't collect them."

"Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts."

"Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos."

"I never really studied business in school. I kind of wish I had, but how boring is that?"

"The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either."