There's no substitute for live work to keep a band together.

The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.

We always knew that the Stones could have just been a studio band, ... But it just won’t ever happen. We need the injection of the show - and the audience.

The Stones have landed on their feet again. With the last album, 'Steel Wheels,' we hadn't worked together in a long time and the material wasn't the best stuff. But I feel the Stones have hit their track again.

I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.

When I listen to what I did under the influence - 10 years of work - I don't think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn't have that much to do with it.