With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs..

I always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud of what I have done with the Rhythm Kings..

I'm not an upfront person. Being upfront is not my forte. I'm quite happy to stay in the back there with the drums, where I belong..

All of my books are about researching. I do all the research and I give it to a writer who can put it in the written word better than I could..

I can't really sing and play live, because I can't play bass efficiently and sing at the same time. If I concentrated on the vocals, I'd mess up the ….

I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography..

I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones..

The first records I heard were from Dizzy Gillespie and people like that..

I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography..

I'm not a musician, I just play bass..

I'm always shy in front of an audience, so I'm always at the back, in the shadows, just doing it. I don't like the front, the adulation..

If you are any competent musician, if you have creative ideas, ideas of songs, of arrangements, in a band like the Stones, where these 2 people do al….