What's a hero if not for its journey.

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.

Blank walls are a shared canvas and we're all artists.

With the current technology, I now agree with non-believers. We should no longer say the Bible is life's road-map, the Bible is life's GPS!

Enlarge your windows till you will get a window where you can see the whole universe with one look!

No new sect ever had humor; no disciples either, even the disciples of Christ.

Obviously, I'm recognized on the street and I am away from home a lot more and, let's face it, I have an action figure of myself!

Your paycheck is not your employer's responsibility, it's your responsibility. Your employer has no control over your value, but you do.

If you have a dog, you will most likely outlive it; to get a dog is to open yourself to profound joy and, prospectively, to equally profound sadness.

Veni vidi veni iterum! (I came, I saw, I came again!)

There are things which cannot be taught in ten easy lessons, nor popularized for the masses; they take years of skull sweat.

The simple willingness to improvise is more vital, in the long run, than research.