Ron Wood quotes:

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.

I go off into Dublin and two days later I'm spotted walking by the Liffey with a whole bunch of new friends.

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

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!

We're great, Jo and me. We're pals, and I guess sex has a lot to do with it. She's also brilliant at clearing a room. So protective, so devoted. I can't believe how much she loves me.

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.

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!

They say you can smoke 400 cigs a day and drink 20 cups of coffee, but you can't have a line or a drink again.

My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now.

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.

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

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

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.

There's a basic rule which runs through all kinds of music, kind of an unwritten rule. I don't know what it is. But I've got it.

In my family, they were all big boozers.

I just think my body can't handle it any more. I did try a little drink a while back, and I was actually physically ill. I went into an immediate depression, and felt awful, just dreadful. So that's it. I'm over it now.

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

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