TIME IS ON OUR SIDE

The 2020s



My brain stopped telling me: You’re getting older around 30. I remember my 40th birthday, my 50th, milestones, but even then I was like: I’m not 40… 72? Forget about it!
- Ron Wood, February 2020

 

The larger point, really, is — in the short, medium, and long term — how is everyone that performs live going to function in the future? We don’t know. In Europe, we’ve had small-scale concerts. We’ve had socially-distanced concerts. You can see (concerts) starting in some parts of the world — New Zealand, Australia and so on. But… as far as the U.S. is concerned, we don’t really know what the future holds. So many people are out of work, losing money. Is it ever going to be the same again? Will it be always different? We just don’t know at the moment.

We might be playing to very few people. Even though we might be lucky enough to have sold tickets, we might not be able to play to them all at once.
- Mick Jagger, August 2020, on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic

 

Let’s hope so. And I hope to celebrate with as many of us as possible. Look on the bright side - one has to do that, you know?... I hope we’re all there, man. It’s something to look forward to.
- Keith Richards, August 2020, asked if the Stones will celebrate their 60th anniversary onstage in 2022

 

This year I’m turning 77 for Chrissake. I know it, I don’t give a shit. I’m very proud of it. And I’m still trying to know myself a bit better. But things change as you know, as you go on. Nothing’s static.
- Keith Richards, September 2020

 

It’s a big guess (when we perform again), isn’t it? I think people are hoping that in some countries… each country is going to be slightly different... Maybe in England, at the end of the summer, beginning of the autumn might be good?

Definitely (we’ll do it if we have the opportunity). In a way, we kind of have to ‘cause we’d (laughs) signed up we were going to do an American tour, you know, last year, and we sold the tickets… And I don’t think we can do that exact tour because it won’t be the exact time. But I think we’re pretty much committed to having to do something like that. So I think… things will be somewhere near normal by the end of the summer. Let’s hope anyway.
- Mick Jagger, April 2021
 
 

I’ve been asked that question since I was 31. And your answer is the same. I don’t know. I mean, anything could happen. You know, if things are good next year and everyone’s feeling good about touring, I’m sure we’ll do shows. I’m just trying to concentrate on this tour now.
- Mick Jagger, September 2021, asked if the current tour will be the last


I got a feeling that we’re just tickling the surface here. We’re seeing another unexploded mine. It’s got a lot of time on it.
- Ron Wood, September 2021

 

Who can wrap their head around 60 fucking years (laughs)? It all seems impossible that it's been that long.
- Keith Richards, March 2022


If I did that, I wouldn't come up with an answer and then I'd be always thinking about it, you know? Tomorrow? No. July the 5th, 2025? (Laughs) I'll find out the hard way.
- Keith Richards, March 2022, asked if he ever asks himself how long he can do it


I'm not planning it to be the last tour. I love being on tour.
- Mick Jagger, April 2022, about the upcoming European tour


Rock & roll, or any kind of pop music honestly, isn’t supposed to be done when you’re in your seventies. It wasn’t designed for that. Doing anything high-energy at this age is really pushing it. But that makes it even more challenging. So it’s, like, OK, we’ve got to fucking do this right, but it’s got to be as full-on as possible.
- Mick Jagger, May 2022


We already had some stuff cut with Charlie. It should be coming next year.
- Keith Richards, May 2022, on the next Stones album



We're working now to finish off the studio album that we've been working on for years... We're finishing off in L.A. in a couple of weeks' time... And you will be seeing us live again next year, hopefully, too.
- Ron Wood, October 2022
















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