I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.

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.

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?

But if I'm useless only because I haven't been properly educated, is that my fault?

dont dwell on the past when the future smiles bright and the present is by your side

I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.

Thought is a means of concealing Truth.

You must never forget it if that's an important memory to you. Especially when a person dies, he can only live in the memories of others.

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with mischief.

The disease which inflicts bureaucracy and what they usually die from is routine.

Wisdom consists partly in not pretending anymore, in discarding artifice.

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.

If you forget your roots, you've lost sight of everything