There's something beautifully friendly and elevating about a bunch of guys playing music together. This wonderful little world that is unassailable. It's really teamwork, one guy supporting the others, and it's all for one purpose, and there's no flies in the ointment, for a while. And nobody conducting, it's all up to you. It's really jazz__that's the big secret. Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.

Why would you want to be anything else if you're Mick Jagger?

There is no such thing as a rock-and-roll venue; there's not one in the world that's made to play this kind of music as an ideal form.

Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.

Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.