103 Quotes by Ronnie Wood

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.

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

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 go off into Dublin and two days later I’m spotted walking by the Liffey with a whole bunch of new friends.

When I first saw Jo, I said boom, that was it, because I’m a one-woman man.

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.

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.

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