Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.
When I record in a studio I don't use an amp. I go directly into the board, so I can get that very fat, full sound - which is my favorite sound.
I always got great respect as a bass player.
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.
Because of the fashion, the young people don't have any access to the history of music, unless people like me revive it. There are very few people to revive it, because you can't earn any money doing it.
There are things that I am very proud of and there are things that you are not so proud of. But I think that applies to any musician.
You could put Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley on one side of the stage, and James Brown on the other, and you wouldn't even notice the others were there!
You are you that is truer than true
I think it's important to be happy before you can make anybody else happy.
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.
War hath no fury like a non-combatant.