I Am Not Very Conscious Of The

I Enjoy Doing Different Kinds Of Things. I Just Enjoy Being Not Tied Too Much. I Feel That I'm Tied To Myself As A Kind Of Traditional Musician And A Singer, And The History That I Have Ties Me Down.

People Also Like Partnerships Because They Can Identify With The Drama Of Two People In Partnership. They Can Feed Off A Partnership, And That Keeps People Entertained. Besides, If You Have A Successful Partnership, It's Self-sustaining.

When Gimme Shelter Was Recorded, Early '69 Or Something, It Was A Time Of War And Tension, So That's Reflected In This Tune. It's Still Wheeled Out When Big Storms Happen, As They Did The Other Week. It's Been Used A Lot To Evoke Natural Disaster.

I Think, Like Most People, My Moral Values Tend To Be Pretty Fuzzy.

The Past Is A Great Place And I Don't Want To Erase It Or To Regret It, But I Don't Want To Be Its Prisoner Either.