Mick Jagger watching the Rolling Stones on TV, Chicago, 1964.

Wishing a happy 83rd birthday to Sir MICHAEL PHILIP JAGGER, who was born on July 26, 1943 in Dartford, Kent

“Basically, there’s not really any room for another songwriter in our band. I’d like to be involved if I could, and I’m sure Ronnie Wood would. And Mick Taylor definitely wanted to be, which was one of his frustrations. So it’s a little bit of a drag, but if you only record one album every eighteen months or so, which is what we've done for the last eight years, there’s not much room for anyone else. By the time we get around to recording, Mick and Keith have so many songs ready that they have to weed tunes out.”