Ronnie Wood quotes

Born
1 June 1947, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.

Occupation
Musician.

Ronnie Wood is an English musician, known as a member of The Rolling Stones.

I have a life coach out with me on tour, a very nice guy from L.A. He just prepares me for each day.
– Ronnie Wood

I had a fiery affair with George Harrison‘s wife, Pattie Boyd.
– Ronnie Wood

I still feel 29. Maybe I should act my age more, but I just can’t.
– Ronnie Wood

I’ve always thrived on getting a drive from different emotional circumstances that I’m going through.
– Ronnie Wood

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

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

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

Songs are out there – they’re waiting to be grabbed. I start with a phrase, musical and lyrical, words like ‘I don’t think so’ and a nice riff. It rolls from there.
– Ronnie Wood

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.
– Ronnie Wood

The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It’s part of the make-up of modern music. You can’t turn your back on the blues.
– Ronnie Wood

Married life is absolutely brilliant.
– Ronnie Wood

I am a big fan of the Impressionists, and in my school days, I was inspired by Caravaggio, Velazquez and Rembrandt.
– Ronnie Wood

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.
– Ronnie Wood

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

I find it hard to get old and hard to say, ‘No.’
– Ronnie Wood

During the Eighties, when I was hurting for money, I thought, ‘Hang on a minute – I can paint.’ I was living in New York and I thought it would get the grocery money coming in, and it escalated from there.
– Ronnie Wood

Most white Americans only discovered the blues with the British invasion.
– Ronnie Wood

I tried to emulate my favourite guitar players, the old bluesmen like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy. I used to sit by the record player and copy Chuck Berry and the Beatles. You can never copy someone completely, so you end up developing your own style.
– Ronnie Wood

Amazing, the poisons I used to put in my body. I used to love it.
– Ronnie Wood