Let's face it: I paint well. I know it, you know it. There's no arguing really, is there?
In my family, they were all big boozers.
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.
I like it when journalists are nice to me, and it's happening more and more.
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 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 go off into Dublin and two days later I'm spotted walking by the Liffey with a whole bunch of new friends.
All of us can't wait to get out there whatever way.
Regina Spektor is great. I can't wait to see what more she's capable of.
Nowadays you can record on your laptop with Pro Tools, which I do quite often.
I love to get into a landscape and paint my horses.
All my life there's always been an ex-wife or a girlfriend.
I had a fiery affair with George Harrison's wife, Pattie Boyd.
Amazing, the poisons I used to put in my body. I used to love it.
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.
When I get intimate with my paintings, it's a real good spiritual thing to get off my chest. Same as playing the instruments is a great release.
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 have a life coach out with me on tour, a very nice guy from L.A. He just prepares me for each day.
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.
Married life is absolutely brilliant.
