Ronnie Wood

“Jo left me a few months ago for 10 days. I get this note: I'll come back when the real Ronnie comes back.”

“The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back on the blues.”

“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.”

“When I first saw Jo, I said boom, that was it, because I'm a one-woman man.”

“You don't make solo albums to have hits.”

“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!”

“All my life there's always been an ex-wife or a girlfriend.”

“I'm a Gemini, so I have a great time with the other guy.”

“I think people are 'just creative,' and this can be expressed in a number of ways. Bob Dylan and David Bowie create both music and art.”

“What can I say, I'm an alcoholic. It's what I do.”

“My real self is probably more creative and more frightening than any sort of drink or drug-induced state.”

“I've always thrived on getting a drive from different emotional circumstances that I'm going through.”

“I heard this massive thud. I spun around, and there Keith was, on the ground. He'd cut his gums up on impact, he was very bloody, and clutching his head. I think it was a kind of wake-up call for him.”

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

“I love to go to Ireland just to relax.”

“We got touring with the Stones, and people were trying to keep up with Keith. He's like a human machine with a constitution of iron, and they all thought they could do the same.”

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

“I love to get into a landscape and paint my horses.”

“I tried to emulate my favourite guitar players, the old bluesmen like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy. I used to sit by the record player and copy Chuck Berry and the Beatles. You can never copy someone completely, so you end up developing your own style.”

“I still feel 29. Maybe I should act my age more, but I just can't.”