I thought rock and roll was an unassailable outlet for some pure and natural expression of rebellion. It used to be one channel you could take withou… - Keith Richards

I was number one on the Who's Likely To Die list for 10 years. I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list.

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 straight into the feel of it again. We used to play a lot more rhythm stuff. We'd do away with the differences between lead and rhythm guitar. You can't go into a shop and ask for a "lead guitar". You're a guitar player, and you play a guitar.

I don't encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!