“I think ‘Purple Haze’ is probably one of the first five or 6 songs that I
learned how to play when I first started. He’s such an iconic player and
such a huge influence on a number of levels.”

“I met Keith Richards through Steve Jordan. I was a big fan of the ‘Talk Is
Cheap’ record that they were working on at the time I was in New York playing
with Miles. I heard that music and I thought, if that’s rock and roll, then I really
want to play it.”

“Keith is much more hands off. He’s very much more, ‘hey man, you’re
the bass player.’ But Mick is a little bit more hands on. We talk about bass
lines, and recently he’s very much into the distorted bass sound and a little
more hard edge playing.”

“My mom gave me a book called ‘Yoga and Psychotherapy: The Evolution of
Consciousness’ when I was about 11. It opened my eyes to a slightly different
kind of spirituality. That’s when I started learning about harmonics and stuff
like that, the kind of beauty of that sound on the bass. That’s kind of where
the spark came from. The more that you give yourself over to the music,
the more of a spiritual pursuit it is in a way.”

"Stones’ fans are a special breed, and bathing in that energy is just remarkable.”