Quotes from Ronnie Wood

I like it when journalists are nice to me, and it's happening more and more.

Jo left me a few months ago for 10 days. I get this note: I'll come back when the real Ronnie comes back.

I've got an article where my mum says that I used to run home from school to watch the Stones on TV. Right from when I was at college I wanted to be in that band.

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.

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

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

When I first started all this, it was mostly music fans that came along, Stones fans. But now, I'm being taken seriously. I've got highfalutin art collectors and everything!

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.

My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now.