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

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.

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.

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

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.

I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.

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.