I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.

I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.

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

If you are any competent musician, if you have creative ideas, ideas of songs, of arrangements, in a band like the Stones, where these 2 people do all the things, there is no freedom.

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.

Because of the fashion, the young people don't have any access to the history of music, unless people like me revive it. There are very few people to revive it, because you can't earn any money doing it.

I was listening to music long before rock 'n roll.