Ronnie Wood has shared some passages from his teenage diary in a new interview with Rolling Stone.

Wood has expanded on sections of the diary for his new book How Can It Be, and says that it was the "diary of a 17-year-old rock and roller."

Speaking of his entries about early touring days with a band called the Birds, he said there's a "heavy emphasis on the girls."

"A lot of it was to impress them - you gauged how well you were doing if they screamed.

It took us ages to warm them up sometimes. You had to convert these unbelievers to let their hair down a bit.

Then, in certain areas, like in the west of England down at Salisbury, they wanted a piece of you - a piece of your hair, a piece of your clothing.

They were really quite savage. And we had no security! We got through that by the skin of our teeth."

When asked what his teenage self was like he adds, "Much like I am now, I think.

I was very pretentious, and very aware of the audiences, whether they accepted us or gave us a hard time."