Ronnie Wood Quotes

We do things on an exchange basis in the music business - it keeps the wheels turning. That's how I can get people like Slash, Flea and Kris Kristofferson on my album. Collaboration should be done through trades rather than charging each other a fortune.

I tried to emulate my favourite guitar players, the old bluesmen like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy. I used to sit by the record player and copy Chuck Berry and the Beatles. You can never copy someone completely, so you end up developing your own style.

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.

I used to worry, 'I've lost my family.' They hated me for a while, but they're very resilient.

I have a lot of growing up to do. But I think, 'Hell, is it too late?'

Married life is absolutely brilliant.

We'll rock till we drop. We have all agreed this won't be the last time. Everyone's rocking.

I am a big fan of the Impressionists, and in my school days, I was inspired by Caravaggio, Velazquez and Rembrandt.

All my life there's always been an ex-wife or a girlfriend.

I'm still digging long-established bands like U2 - they're new to me!

I have been rich, and I have been broke. Some of it is my fault for choosing bad management and making bad investments. But that is life - we all take risks.

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 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.

It's an awful world out there. You've got to make people happy.

I will miss a good friend who was so talanted. He was such agreat performer/ guitar player. Sleep well Prince.

I still feel 29. Maybe I should act my age more, but I just can't.

Regina Spektor is great. I can't wait to see what more she's capable of.

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.

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.

Nowadays you can record on your laptop with Pro Tools, which I do quite often.

Songs are out there - they're waiting to be grabbed. I start with a phrase, musical and lyrical, words like 'I don't think so' and a nice riff. It rolls from there.