You either kiss the future or the past goodbye.

I was in George Martin's studio in Amsterdam and he was telling me, 'They come in here and it takes them three days to do a bass line.' Well I'm not from that era.

You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues...And you know it don't come easy.

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.

I am the best rock drummer on the planet.

I don't particularly like messages, because everybody takes whatever they take from whatever.

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