I don't talk about myself in the third person, and I laugh at people who do.

The White Album is important to me for different reasons. One - I had left the band on the White Album.

A lot of the players I'm with, thank God, we're all still vertical. We've lost so many great players through the years, and we're still standing, as Elton John says.

I'm not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do.

Drumming is my middle name.

I learned to knit in hospital. They give you stuff to do to keep you busy because you're so ill.

Gene Autry was the most. It may sound like a joke - Go and have a look in my bedroom, It's covered with Gene Autry posters. He was my first musical influence.