It was a pleasant surprise in California to see people react to music they had never heard before. That was the most encouraging thing really.
The one thing perhaps I do regret is not making more albums. I have written a lot of music that should be recorded... that will be recorded.
It's sometimes impossible to fit in all the music we want to fit in, in an hour and 45 minute show.
I actually played rhythm guitar for many, many years before I discovered I had the ability and feel to play rock and roll music or rhythm and blues.
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
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.