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.

You're always frustrated, you don't have the chance to do a song on the album, like the Beatles did with Ringo and George, or like Led Zeppelin, where everybody was given a chance to contribute. There never is a chance with the Stones.

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

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

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

But why is it that in music, anything more than 5 years old - apart from a few hits - is never played on radio to the young public?