I came to join the Experience by going for an audition for Eric Burdon who was just forming the New Animals at that point, after the original Animals had broken up.

I wouldn't know how I would have coped with The Beatles' sort of fame.

I suppose the old natural stuff would be ok, the old mushroom, but I wouldn't advise anyone to do it.

On Ain't No Telling I came up with the bass solo.

We had no sleep or days off or anything like that and then, when the band became big, Hendrix became a star and looked down at us lot.

But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.

I took up violin because my best mate had taken it up, so I did likewise.