I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.

I'm not an upfront person. Being upfront is not my forte. I'm quite happy to stay in the back there with the drums, where I belong.

My first record I owned was by Les Paul.

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

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!

I'm not a musician, I just play bass.

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.