Quote of the Day (Paul McGuinness, on Who Looks Young and Old to Today’s Teens)

“People used to think that rock and roll was music for teenagers. But we’ve just come from Madison Square Garden where Sir Mick [Jagger] was performing aged 66. I’m always delighted when Mick makes a record or does a tour because he makes U2 look so much younger.”—U2 manager Paul McGuinness, quoted in Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, “Rock and Roll Tsar: Lunch With the FT,” The Financial Times, December 5-6, 2009

British jazz singer George Melly once reportedly asked the Rolling Stones’ frontman about the increasing prominence of those wrinkles you can see on the accompanying image. Those were “laugh lines,” Jagger responded.

“Nothing’s that funny,” Melly answered.