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.

The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.

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.

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.

You never know what your next dig is going to find.

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

I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.