Secret to immortality is 'going to church' Rolling Stone Keith Richards says
Drummer Charlie Watts reveals that he does not own a mobile phone or have his own Twitter account
12:42AM BST 19 May 2015
The secret to living forever is to "go to
church on a Sunday" and to be “clean and healthy” with “plenty of
exercise”, Rolling Stone Keith Richards has said.
The band’s members took part in their first ever Twitter Q&A, revealing a host of entertaining facts about themselves.
Drummer Charlie Watts divulged that he does not own a mobile phone or
have his own Twitter account, which led to the hashtag
#CharliestoocoolforTwitter trending.
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He joked that Mick Jagger's backside is "one of the finest views in the country". Asked whether he could ride a horse, he revealed: "My wife is the one who has a horse and I don't ride, no. Through her I am passionate about them, we have a lot we have about 300. So we don't have horses, we have herds of horses and they are very beautiful."
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He said that he still gets butterflies before and when performing, saying: "Even if I played in a bar with two people at it, just sitting at the drums gives me butterflies."
Ronnie Wood revealed his musical influences are Mozart and Chuck Berry, and that he used to collect beer mats, and now collects lighters.
Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards pose at premiere of the documentary film "Stones In Exile" in New York He told fans that he cuts his hair almost every day “because it is so hard to tame”.
When asked if he had to share a room with another member of the band for one night, who would it be, he said: "That's not really a challenging question I've done that with everyone in the band. I used to do it all the time with Rod Stewart, we used to have some good times.
“But with this band, Keith and me we are like book ends and we can live in a cupboard together if we had to."
Mick Jagger revealed the secret to keeping his voice so strong is karaoke.
He said: "Practise! You have to do it, you have to do warm ups and look after yourself. There's a regiment, you do a warm up before the show and before the tour starts I do a month of rehearsing. So every day I have to do a regiment and after a couple of weeks of that I do karaoke - solo karaoke, but not in a smoke-filled room."
Jagger said he is watching Game Of Thrones but is a season behind, and joked that Wood definitely watches it because he "watches every TV series ever known".
Holding up a vinyl he revealed what fans can look forward to with the re-release of their classic album, Sticky Fingers, which will include a track with Eric Clapton playing Brown Sugar on someone's birthday.
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Jagger said that Jay Z was one of his favourite rappers, and reminisced about the late BB King and playing with him in Madison Square Gardens and a few years ago at The White House in the USA.
Explaining the meaning behind Moonlight Mile, which a fan revealed they had named their dog after, he said: "It's about being a bit lonesome on the road, it's a lonesome road and how being on the road for too long, it's bad and wistful and all of those things. I wrote it in London in my house and I was just playing... it's a wistful tune."
When a fan asked Richards if he could teach him the secret to immortality, he replied: "I ain't there yet! So far so good. I think a clean and healthy life, plenty of exercise, go to church on a Sunday."
He said his advice to his 20-year old self would be to "get ready for a pretty fast ride."
He also commented that American music is the "greatest thing America has given the world".
Richards also remembered the late BB King, saying: "Sad loss, man. One of the greats, I mean, beautiful style and BB was a great guy. He was one of the true gentlemen and I shall miss him a lot. What can you say now, at least we have his records and farewell BB."
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