I do portraits. I usually do live models in a class environment, but I've been painting at home more. I really love the human form, and I love faces. I've tried to do landscapes a few times.

I'm a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad - and other people, too. At the same time, I think that's one of the reasons I'm successful. Because I really care about what I do.

Everybody is vulnerable to being in relationships where they get fooled. I'm no different. It's just human nature.

Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bight side rather than the dark side all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am.

I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a nonsmoker... but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table.

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.

A good thing never ends.

It's Only Rock and Roll.

Too much is never enough.

I can't get no satisfaction.

Dandelions don't tell no lies.

Time is on my side, yes it is.

I've managed to avoid tattoos so far.

You can't be jealous and be a leader.

He stole my music but he gave me my name.

There's no absolutes in life - only vodka.

My secrets must be poetic to be believable.

I don't believe in having bands for solo records.

I don't want to be my extravert self all the time.

Biographies of British pop celebrities are terrible.

I don't want to be singing Satisfaction when I'm 40.

I don't watch much ESPN. Unless they have soccer on.

There's hundreds of different ways of writing songs.

I would like to reach a balance and forget a few things.

It's not selling out, it is called making lots of money.

Always as a musician you must have one thing you do well.

I am not very conscious of the figures of speech that I use.

I don't think people care about the mechanics of songwriting.

Americans get very simple explanations of what happens to them.

There's no great technical expertise in being a movie producer.

I don't really like using guns too much, you know, even for sport.

I think people are afraid to express their opinions half the time.

Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.

I think, like most people, my moral values tend to be pretty fuzzy.

It's okay to let yourself go, just as long as you let yourself back.

Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.

Well, don't we all feel like jumping to the end of the world sometimes?

You don't have to bathe every day to look clean. It's just an illusion.

I don't think enjoying life is an exclusive prerogative of young people.

No one, but no one, is equal, or ever will be. Elvis was and is supreme.

Only a madman or an actor would want to be President of the United States.

I don't think there's anything wrong with having sex, you know. At any age.

Of course we're doing it for the money. We've always done it for the money.

I don't like being completely isolated. I need the energy from other people.

Boys were a very essential part of rock & roll. The girls were more onlookers.

I, personally, have a lot of energy, so I don't see it as an immediate problem.

Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.

Americans are funny people: first you shock them, then they put you in a museum.

I haven't had the time to plan returning to the scene because I haven't left it.

I love America, but I can't spend the whole year here. I can't afford the taxes.