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

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

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.

With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.

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

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 don't make any money.

I was listening to music long before rock 'n roll.

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 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?

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 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 love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.

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.

You're always frustrated, you don't have the chance to do a song on the album, like the Beatles did with Ringo and George, or like Led Zeppelin, where everybody was given a chance to contribute. There never is a chance with the Stones.

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

You never know what your next dig is going to find.

The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.

If you are any competent musician, if you have creative ideas, ideas of songs, of arrangements, in a band like the Stones, where these 2 people do all the things, there is no freedom.

I always got great respect as a bass player.

I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.

I have found two Roman sites in the area that I live in.

My first record I owned was by Les Paul.

I think anyone would want to see their favorite band in a small club over a large stadium.

Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.

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

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

Because of the fashion the young people dont have any access to the history of music unless people like me revive it. There are very few people to revive it because you cant earn any money doing it.

When I was twelve or thirteen, if you liked something that was outside of your friend group genre, you had to rationalize and explain it in some way. It's totally irrelevant, I think, now. I don't think anybody cares. Not young people, at least. Maybe journalists.

Even a song on the radio that completely lacks substance is there for a reason. Sometimes, people need a break from cold reality; the song that you really don't have to put that much thought power into can be just as entertaining as something that might take you on a three- or four-minute cruise through the depth of reality.

It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of a piece.

A healthy Amtrak is an integral part of New York and the Nation's economy and transportation systems.

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.

I actually think that 'Bandbox,' by far the silliest of my books, is the best constructed of them.

You know when there's someone new on the rise and there's too much hype? I didn't want that to be me.

What cultural DNA remains from those first Puritan forays onto American soil may be our love of a fresh start.

Paul Lambert has assembled a great bunch of lads and training has been going very well. I am just desperate to get into the team and do my best for the club.

We just have to accept the fact that some people are going to stay in our hearts even if they don't stay in our lives.

I'm a big fan of period pieces, and I'm a big fan of the old-time westerns.

Fans of the 'Inbetweeners' like the show because it is about four normal people, average guys or lower than average losers.

I want to state unequivocally for the world, as well as for the markets, as well as for the American people: I have no doubt that we will not lose the full faith and credit of the United States.

I'm tired of biting my tongue.

The only time the private parts of someone's life are relevant is when they're affecting public performance. And just because someone is a public person doesn't mean that any part of his or her private life is open to scrutiny. If someone is doing his or her job, you have to have enough empathy to understand that we all have personal problems.

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

Ever since I was 7 years old, I was writing. I remember being in the basement of my house, this dank, horrible basement, putting on plays with not-very-willing participants, and I would promise kids in the neighborhood that I'd play Nintendo 64 with them after we'd rehearse this stupid play that I wrote.

I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.

People often say that videogames made by Western developers are somehow different in terms of taste for the players, in comparison with Japanese games. I think that means that the Western developers and Japanese developers, they are good at different fields.

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.