Ronnie Wood Quotes
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I'm still digging long-established bands like U2 - they're new to me!
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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.
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You don't make solo albums to have hits.
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All of us can't wait to get out there whatever way.
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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.
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I had a fiery affair with George Harrison's wife, Pattie Boyd.
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Back in those days, all us skinny white British kids were trying to look cool and sound black. And there was Hendrix, the ultimate in black cool. Everything he did was natural and perfect.
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I'm a Gemini, so I have a great time with the other guy.
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Let's face it: I paint well. I know it, you know it. There's no arguing really, is there?
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All my family back to the 1700s were water Gypsies. My brothers and me, we were the first ones to be born on dry land. All the rest of them were born on barges in the canals.
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All my life there's always been an ex-wife or a girlfriend.
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Most white Americans only discovered the blues with the British invasion.
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We'll rock till we drop. We have all agreed this won't be the last time. Everyone's rocking.
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What can I say, I'm an alcoholic. It's what I do.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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I have a life coach out with me on tour, a very nice guy from L.A. He just prepares me for each day.
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I love to get into a landscape and paint my horses.
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I love to go to Ireland just to relax.
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I am a big fan of the Impressionists, and in my school days, I was inspired by Caravaggio, Velazquez and Rembrandt.
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Amazing, the poisons I used to put in my body. I used to love it.
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Married life is absolutely brilliant.
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When I first saw Jo, I said boom, that was it, because I'm a one-woman man.
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I used to worry, 'I've lost my family.' They hated me for a while, but they're very resilient.
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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.
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My real self is probably more creative and more frightening than any sort of drink or drug-induced state.
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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.
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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.
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