Quotes from Jerry Hall

A healthy love life is not and should not be the preserve of those in their 20s and 30s. It's important at all ages.

Of course, it's no fun getting old and getting sick and dying; we all know that's coming, and it's a bore.

Fashion is fun, but it's not that important, really, is it? It's important to have other intellectual and creative interests.

There's all that brain work involved, remembering all those lines in a script. I find I have to eat a lot of fish, late - but not too late - in the afternoon. Doing theatre, you need to be like an athlete in training.

Why would anybody lie? The truth is always more colourful.

I was 5' 10 when I was 14, skinny and flat, with huge feet, and I never had a boyfriend.

Jealousy is the fear of losing the thing you love most. It's very normal. Suspicion is the thing that's abnormal.

I love my kids and would rather be with them than anyone in the whole wide world.

I love yoga... I also see an Ayurvedic doctor, which is an ancient Indian thing. I go and see the doctor to balance my system twice a year; it's preventative. They take my pulse, give me some herbs, and tell me what I should eat and what I should avoid. They rub oil on me too, it's so lovely. It's like a detox.

I always wanted to have a family - that was one of my big wishes. And in school, I'd taken drama, and I'd always wanted to act. I did go to drama school in New York, Los Angeles and London, and I did small parts here and there, but I never really had the time. Modeling was always paying more.

I've always felt the man is king of the house and should be amused and treated well.

I am very friendly with lots of people in rock'n'roll, because I spent so much time with them over the years through Mick's work.

I have gone out with younger men, and they're great fun; they've got enthusiasm. Stamina! But I think older men are much better lovers.

My mother was asked to be a model when she was younger, but my father had not let her, so she was quite keen on me becoming a model. I just went off without telling my dad. I took off to Paris and never came back, but when I became a success and started making money, he was very proud of me.

I'm one of five sisters. I'm the younger of twins, and we're the youngest of five girls, and we've always been very close. We were pretty much a gang. I take after my mother a lot in terms of personality and character. She was very positive; always looked on the bright side of things. She had a tough time of it with my dad but did her best.

I was my thinnest when doing 35 fashion shows a week in different countries because I didn't have time to eat. I've never bought the idea that models in fashion magazines cause readers to have anorexia and bulimia. And you can't be a model if you've got those conditions anyway, because you'll get acne and hair all over your body.

My first airplane trip was to Paris. I had this fantasy that I would become a model, and I did!

The more flesh you show, the higher up the ladder you go.

Yves Saint Laurent was my first fashion show. I wore his tuxedo. And Helmut Newton was my first photographer, in 1973. I was really very lucky. I had an amazing career.

A lot happens at 50, the best thing being that you just don't care anymore. At 40, you still care. At 30, you care way too much - and your twenties are quite frankly a nightmare. Bring on 60, I say: just imagine the joy of having grandchildren.

Well, I was fourteen in Texas. But I looked twenty-five.

Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other a lot. We talked all night. We had the same views on nuclear disarmament.

When I was 16 and arrived in France, I discovered chocolate mousse. I was crazy about the bread, too. Every morning, I'd go to the bakery and get a fresh croissant. It made me feel very sophisticated.

Day to day, I love eating soup and salad; lots of stews, fish, chicken, meat and veg. I eat everything, and I don't have any fads.