I live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle.

All of my books are about researching. I do all the research and I give it to a writer who can put it in the written word better than I could.

I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.

You never know what your next dig is going to find.

Onstage I like to play with a an 18-inch speaker, which very few bass players do. I need that fat, underneath sound, which I've always had. It suits me admirably to do it like that, and I can imitate that sound by plugging directly into the board in the studio.

I always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud of what I have done with the Rhythm Kings.

I didn't want to stay in the Stones, and be stuck in a position having to play a music I didn't like anymore and that restricted me from doing all the others things I'm interested in because of time.