Ronnie Wood Quotes

I had a fiery affair with George Harrison’s wife, Pattie Boyd.

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 always want to rock.

I love to get into a landscape and paint my horses.

It’s an awful world out there. You’ve got to make people happy.

They say you can smoke 400 cigs a day and drink 20 cups of coffee, but you can’t have a line or a drink again.

Let’s face it: I paint well. I know it, you know it. There’s no arguing really, is there?

My real self is probably more creative and more frightening than any sort of drink or drug-induced state.

Regina Spektor is great. I can’t wait to see what more she’s capable of.

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

I heard this massive thud. I spun around, and there Keith was, on the ground. He’d cut his gums up on impact, he was very bloody, and clutching his head. I think it was a kind of wake-up call for him.

All of us can’t wait to get out there whatever way.

I’m a Gemini, so I have a great time with the other guy.

What can I say, I’m an alcoholic. It’s what I do.

All my life there’s always been an ex-wife or a girlfriend.

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

People often get the wrong impression of Mick. The clever businessman is just one side of Mick. The other side is the same as the rest of us, a true rocker!

I love to go to Ireland just to relax.

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

We do things on an exchange basis in the music business – it keeps the wheels turning. That’s how I can get people like Slash, Flea and Kris Kristofferson on my album. Collaboration should be done through trades rather than charging each other a fortune.

Having loved the Stones all the time I was growing up, I wasn’t about to see them go and split up. It got very close to it in the 80s, when Mick thought that Keith hated him and vice versa.

Most white Americans only discovered the blues with the British invasion.

I’m more lost when I’m not on tour. I’m in a bit of a muddle at nine o’clock – ‘Where’s the stage?’ On tour, there are people directing and supervising you.

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.

I think people are ‘just creative,’ and this can be expressed in a number of ways. Bob Dylan and David Bowie create both music and art.

All my family back to the 1700s were water Gypsies. My brothers and me, we were the first ones to be born on dry land. All the rest of them were born on barges in the canals.

Married life is absolutely brilliant.

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.

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.