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

You're always frustrated, you don't have the chance to do a song on the album, like the Beatles did with Ringo and George, or like Led Zeppelin, where everybody was given a chance to contribute. There never is a chance with the Stones.

It's all right leaping about the stage when you're 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing

I always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project.

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

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!

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.