I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.

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!

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

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 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 can't really sing and play live, because I can't play bass efficiently and sing at the same time. If I concentrated on the vocals, I'd mess up the bass, and if I concentrated on the bass, I'd forget the lines.

There are things that I am very proud of and there are things that you are not so proud of. But I think that applies to any musician.