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. |
And that's why I opened that restaurant just to get some of it out of my attic, to put up on the walls. |
Because I had to do everything in bits and pieces, I was never quite satisfied when I finished a solo album or a soundtrack because I knew I could have done them better if I could have focused on them 100% until they were done. |
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. |
But in my band, I have 4 great singers, so why singing myself ? |
But why is it that in music, anything more than 5 years old - apart from a few hits - is never played on radio to the young public ? |
Companies spend twenty, thirty, forty percent of revenues on advertising to brand their product and to get, essentially, acquire customers cheaply. You get a lot of exposure on something like this. |
Everybody in the band does it for the same reasons, as I do, to have a good time and send the crowd home with smiles on their faces. |
Everything had to be done in-between Stones time. |
I always got great respect as a bass player. |
I always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project. |
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 am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones. |
I came away thinking maybe we are not right for America, although I thought we were. |
I can dig in my garden and find stuff that dates back to the 1100's. |