I don't know, I don't pay attention to critics anyway. They either like me or they don't, you know what I mean? I am too long in the tooth to worry about that.

Shame on those artists who aren't proud of their achievements.

Down in devil gate drive. I led the angel pack on the road to sin. Knock down the gates, let me in.

The bass and drums are the engine, and the key to good bass playing is it's not what you play, it's what you DON'T play that counts. You leave the spaces, they're more important than anything.

I've always maintained that you can be sexy with your clothes on. Sexier maybe.

The bass player's function, along with the drums, is to be the engine that drives the car... everything else is merely colours.

When you are famous, you never can be sure why somebody's being nice. You just have to develop a very good sixth sense. I call it my bullshit detector.