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 open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.

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.

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.

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.

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