[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.'

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

They're about situations I've gone through being in a relationship. You won't hear me write a song about walking on a beach because that isn't what my life has been about. I write songs about what I know and what I know is the ups and downs of relationships. What I know about is what it feels like to hurt and be hurt. What I know about is love.

'The Nexus of Politics and Terror.' Please judge for yourself.

..And now you've lost the only thing that ever made you feel alive

I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.