 I certainly want to get back to the U.S. to play. It's such a big country. I've always liked playing there, and enjoyed living there. I lived in New York, LA, and Florida. |
| I'm sure if we had made an album that was more traditional would have been released immediately. When we actually play this music on stage and people become familiar with it, it will become more popular. |
| I play the piano a lot at home. I write songs on the piano and guitar. I would like to actually play piano on stage. I don't think I'll get the chance for a while. |
| I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with. |
| If it wasn't for Mick, the group would've fallen apart a long time ago. |
| Altamont... I remember all of that. That was an awful day. |
| The Stones are a different kind of group. I realized that when I joined them. It's not really so much their musical ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and attitude which is unique. |
| It's nice to finally have a CD out which reflects my songwriting, my singing and the band that I have. |
| It's frustrating actually, the time involved in getting something released these days. My new CD has actually been finished for a year. It's only now that it's being released. |
| The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're not like a group that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've always been there. |
| I don't know why, but I never felt I was gonna stay with the Stones forever, even right from the beginning. |
| Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea. |
| I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played. |
| I didn't think of myself as a lead player, especially when we did live shows, because me and Keith used to switch around all the time. He'd take a lead, I'd play rhythm. Sometimes even within one song. It wasn't strict and regimented. |
| It's not rubbish to say that I was a bit peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that wasn't the whole reason. I guess I just felt like I had enough. I decided to leave and start a group with Jack Bruce. |
| I have a really good band, and just returned from a short tour in California. It hasn't always gone that well. |
| Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players. male and female. |
| The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues. |
| What I've always lacked is a really strong band to back me up. |
| The most important thing is to follow your instinct and get involved with some friends who have similar tastes and aspirations and like music as much as you do. |
