All of us can't wait to get out there whatever way.
Charlie doesn't touch anything now, and Mick will only have a glass of wine on a night off. But then it's easier for them; alcohol is in my genes.
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 always want to rock.
I can't be left unsupervised.
I go off into Dublin and two days later I'm spotted walking by the Liffey with a whole bunch of new friends.
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.
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.
I like it when journalists are nice to me, and it's happening more and more.
I love to go to Ireland just to relax.
I never liked needles, so I'd just stick a bit in the end of me fag or something.
I think I wrote 25 songs and did five paintings while she was gone. When she came back, I'd just been creating.
I'm a Gemini, so I have a great time with the other guy.
I'm terrible with money, absolutely awful. I'm always losing it.
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.
In my family, they were all big boozers.
It's like, oh, life can't be this great. I'd better wash it away a bit, have another drink. It can't be this good.
It's taken folk a while to come around, hasn't it? Even the boys in the band weren't too sure about the whole art thing. They just wanted me to concentrate on the music. But they respect it now.
Jo left me a few months ago for 10 days. I get this note: I'll come back when the real Ronnie comes back.
Let's face it: I paint well. I know it, you know it. There's no arguing really, is there?
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.
Mick says, Would you join the band? I say to him, Mick, you know I'd be there in a New York minute.
Mick will kill me for saying this, but we had a cut-off point a week ago when anyone could say they didn't want to start up the band 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.
My real self is probably more creative and more frightening than any sort of drink or drug-induced state.
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!
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.
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.
This is what I'm looking forward to: brush in hand, whatever I'm painting in my sights, maybe a cigarette on the go, and sunshine, lots of sunshine.
We all have our price, don't we?
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.
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.
What can I say, I'm an alcoholic. It's what I do.
When dining with Mick the other night, he discussed each song of our new album with the enthusiasm of a 20-year-old.
When I first saw Jo, I said boom, that was it, because I'm a one-woman man.
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!
When I'm left on my own I'm my own worst enemy.
With every gig we have to prove ourselves better than the night before.
You don't make solo albums to have hits.
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