A biography for Ronnie Woodhasn’t been written yet.
“I can't be left unsupervised.”
“The last show we played, I was straight as a die. It did feel weird not to be hiding behind alcohol or dope, but being focused was... good.”
“It's an awful world out there. You've got to make people happy.”
“I find it hard to get old and hard to say, 'No.'”
“Regina Spektor is great. I can't wait to see what more she's capable of.”
“I go off into Dublin and two days later I'm spotted walking by the Liffey with a whole bunch of new friends.”
“We do things on an exchange basis in the music business - it keeps the wheels turning. That's how I can get people like Slash, Flea and Kris Kristofferson on my album. Collaboration should be done through trades rather than charging each other a fortune.”
“I've got an article where my mum says that I used to run home from school to watch the Stones on TV. Right from when I was at college I wanted to be in that band.”
“Songs are out there - they're waiting to be grabbed. I start with a phrase, musical and lyrical, words like 'I don't think so' and a nice riff. It rolls from there.”
“It's good fun, making a solo album, because there's perhaps songs that wouldn't get used for the Stones or any other kind of outfit that I'm working with. It's just nice to be the boss.”
“With every gig we have to prove ourselves better than the night before.”
“During the Eighties, when I was hurting for money, I thought, 'Hang on a minute - I can paint.' I was living in New York and I thought it would get the grocery money coming in, and it escalated from there.”
“I'm a diplomat by nature. I help find the middle ground. I crack a joke and use humour to help resolve potentially vicious situations quickly. It gets things in perspective and helps everyone to see that things aren't as bad as they seem.”
“Married life is absolutely brilliant.”
“I'm terrible with money, absolutely awful. I'm always losing it.”
“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.”
“Nowadays you can record on your laptop with Pro Tools, which I do quite often.”
“In my family, they were all big boozers.”
“All of us can't wait to get out there whatever way.”
“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!”