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.

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

I don't make any money.

You could put Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley on one side of the stage, and James Brown on the other, and you wouldn't even notice the others were there!

With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.

But why is it that in music, anything more than 5 years old - apart from a few hits - is never played on radio to the young public?

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.