The Beatles were basically a vocal band.

Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem.

I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing - the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.

A painter's got a canvas. The writer's got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.

Some of my most outrageous nights- I can only believe actually happened because of corroborating evidence. No wonder I'm famous for partying! The ultimate party- if it's any good- you can't remember it.

I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.

What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It's the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician: 'He passed it on.'