The first records I heard were from Dizzy Gillespie and people like that.

The first records I heard were from Dizzy Gillespie and people like that.

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

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.

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

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

I didn't want to stay in the Stones, and be stuck in a position having to play a music I didn't like anymore and that restricted me from doing all the others things I'm interested in because of time.