I fell in love with the possibilities of telling the story in the future, and married that quickly.

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.

I live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle.

I always got great respect as a bass player.

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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

Exchange the bad habit of worrying with the excellent habit of trusting God.

Personal finances are like people’s personal health, crucial and tragic to the sufferer but tedious to the listener.

people change and promises are broken

Television is full of fictional and real violence that's turned into entertainment.

I encourage people to ask whatever question you're most interested in hearing the answer to.

Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them.

Dumbledore's man through and through, aren't you Potter?" "Yeah I am," said Harry. "Glad we straightened that out.

I don't need the stars in the night I found my treasure All I need is you by my side so shine forever

All art is propaganda...I do not care a damn, for any art that is not used for propaganda.

Don't point your finger to the heights your children should go. Start climbing and they will follow.