( CNN ) -- Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger played down his status as an iconic rock ' n ' roller during an interview to be broadcast Tuesday night , crediting his band 's longevity to luck , hard work and loyal fans . `` You know , you always need a lot of luck , '' Jagger told CNN 's `` Larry King Live . '' `` And I think [ the Stones ] were in the right place at the right time . And ... when we work , we work very hard . '' The Stones have been rocking for nearly 50 years , and even though its members are now at an age when most people have retired , the band shows no signs of slowing down . Tuesday marked the re-release of one of the Stones ' most famous albums , `` Exile on Main Street . '' The new album features previously unreleased tracks culled from recording sessions in a basement in France nearly 40 years ago . The album 's release coincides with a documentary , `` Stones in Exile , '' out on DVD next month . `` Exile '' is `` a special album for me , '' said Jagger . `` It 's one of the real good ones , '' he told King . `` And it 's a real favorite of people . And we do play a lot on stage of this album . So , you know , I rank it right up there . '' He said Stones fans are one reason the band is able to continue doing world tours . `` What really keeps it going is the audience , because ... you feed from the audience and their enthusiasm , '' Jagger said . `` And if you have an enthusiastic audience , you feel that ... you could give more , you know ? '' Jagger said he and his bandmates learned how to play to an audience when they first started playing small clubs in England and developed an early following . `` We had a super enthusiastic club audience , '' he said . `` And that audience really taught us how to behave , how to have , you know , repartee with the audience and so on . Even from those early days , it 's not really that different to the exchange that you get with a big audience . '' And he also gave credit to the Beatles , calling them both `` rivals '' and `` trailblazers . '' `` They were both rivals and they were also ... showing the way , '' he said . `` They were big international stars . ... Most English people have never really been stars outside of England . ... And the Beatles kind of showed that you could be international . '' Jagger told King he does n't know when the band will tour again , but promised when it does , it will be an international tour . `` It 's always worldwide , '' he said .
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