Not to detract from his music, let me recall that Ronnie had a wicked sense of humor. Here are a couple of examples:
On his early life: "I was born in a room over a Jewish pub in the East End of London. It was called the Kosher Horses. We were very poor. My father was always unemployed - he was a shepherd. We were so poor, they had to buy my clothes at the Army & Navy Stores. Imagine me going to school during the Second World War wearing a Japanese admiral's uniform."
On small towns: "I played a gig once at Tamworth. They have one set of traffic lights - at the crossroads in the middle of town. They change once a week - at 1pm on Wednesdays. Everyone comes out to watch."
(Apologies to those who read this when I posted it before. I thought Ronnie was worth an encore!)