If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.

I only get ill when I give up drugs

Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.

I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.

[While Richards says he might not have written the song himself, Jagger felt strongly about it.] I find politics a pretty pallid subject for songs in general, ... I've only done it a few times, like in 'Street Fighting Man' or 'Sweet Black Angel.'

Other than its sense of rhythm, it's music by the tone-deaf for the tone-deaf.