I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.

I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.

I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.

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

I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.

I have no restrictions, no limits, no musical history to live with.

I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.

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.

I didn't want to stay in the Stones, and be stuck in a position having to play a music I didn't like anymore and that restricted me from doing all the others things I'm interested in because of time.

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.

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 always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project.

I always got great respect as a bass player.

Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.

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?