Bill has appeared in a major new interview for the British newspaper the Telegraph today, with Bill talking to Robert Sandall about his upcoming tour with the Rhythm Kings - and what keeps him working at 71. Interviewed at his Sticky Fingers restaurant, along with his daughter Matila, Bill revealed that honour keeps the muic, and the touring, real.

"We've always worked hard," he says in the piece of the Rhythm Kings. "We have to because of the budget. You can't make much money touring with a ten-piece band. You get a bit of small change but basically you do it because you love playing, which is the honourable way."

He also says that the Stones royalties mean he still has to keep plugging away with touring and making music - although he loves both: "I had a small nest egg and I can live nicely but I can't rely on Stones royalties to support me. I have to work and I'm not in the same league as the boys who stayed on. But I wanted to have fun. Playing with the Stones there was always such a lot of pressure. The next album or single always had to be the best, or at least sell more. When we got together to play it was a great moment. Working with Charlie (Watts) was fantastic, and we're still really close. But when I toured with the Stones it would take a month to practise all these songs we'd been playing for 30 years. With the Rhythm Kings we do it all in two days."

The full interview, which details more on Bill's life, loves and the realities of touring, can be found by clicking here.