India, July 19 -- From the opening riff of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction to the sitar-led spell of Paint It Black and the swagger of Start Me Up, Mick Jagger has supplied rock 'n' roll with some of its most unforgettable sounds and moves. More than six decades after The Rolling Stones first took the stage, the British rock icon is still refusing to stand still. Their new release, Foreign Tongues, the band's 25th studio album, has taken them to a record-equalling 15th UK No. 1, putting them alongside The Beatles. In an exclusive conversation with Hindustan Times, he talks music, politics, longevity and why enthusiasm, along with the occasional disagreement, continues to keep the world's most enduring rock band rolling. Excerpts: The album is obviously where you are more or less currently in your head, musically and lyrically. It was made with great enthusiasm. We're still very enthusiastic about doing music. We went into the studio in London with the idea of doing at least 12 new songs, recorded 12 or 13, and then picked the 10 we wanted to use. That shows a lot about your work ethic, enthusiasm and love of music, articularly blues. But we're also doing other styles - country, pop and dance music. The thing about this kind of popular music is that you have to do it with a lot of enthusiasm and energy. You can't do it halfheartedly. Some reviewers said it's a little slick on some tracks. Some people like the Stones full of muddy sounds and mistakes, and that is in there, too. But you don't want everything to be like that. There's room to make well-rounded music that's played without mistakes. Well, that's very kind of you (laughs). Lyrically, when I was writing these songs, I was thinking about - I don't want to say current affairs - but general feelings about how the world is. I would throw them all into that song, obviously with a sense of humour. I think it's good to do social commentary. It's good to cover the bases. You don't want every song to be about romance or every song to be a political comment. Of course, sometimes art lives in an isolated universe, and there's nothing wrong with that at all. However, whether it's painting, music, books or any form of creative art, most of the time the artist lives in a world where they are affected by what's going on around them, whether they like it or not. Sometimes these effects take a while to sink in. A lot of artistes cut themselves off and live a life apart from society, but many are still affected by it and make political, or at least semi-political, statements about how it has affected them personally. I think all art is affected by what you see around you, as well as what affects your inner life emotionally....