Another thing to do with the blues is how they were recorded. They were done on the quick, and some of that stuff was made on wire, not even tape, let alone digital.
One of the great things about songwrighting; it's not an intellectual experience
I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.
To me, as long as we've known each other, I've always thought Mick's most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two foot square and give a very exciting performance.
Y, aún con todo, la gente quiere llegar al otro, al corazón del otro, por eso existe la música: si no eres capaz de decirlo, cántalo.
The thing about being a songwriter is,even if you been fucked over, you can find consolation in writing about it, and pour it out. Everything has something to do with something; nothing is divorced. I...
Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and going for it. You have to sweat over it and bug it to death. You can't do it by pushing buttons and watching a TV scre...
To write a song that is remembered and taken to heart, Richards notes, is a connection, a touching of bases. A thread that runs through all of us. A stab to the heart. Keith Richards from his autobiog...
A familiar Gusism was to greet a friend with 'Hello, don't be a cunt all your life.
I've never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I'd keep myself amused.
We are not old men. We are not worried about petty morals.
I’ve been through more cold turkeys than there are freezers.
It was decreed that we should leave French territory until I was allowed back, but I had to keep renting Nellcôte as some kind of bond, at $2,400 a week.
I firmly believe if you want to be a guitar player, you better start on acoustic and then graduate to electric. Don’t think you’re going to be Townshend or Hendrix just because you can go wee wee wah...
My life is full of broken halos.
Love has sold more songs than you've had hot dinners.
La gente me pregunta por qué no lo dejas?. El hecho es que no me puedo retirar hasta que no estire la pata. Creo que no acaban de entender lo que gano con todo esto. No lo hago sólo por el dinero ni p...
Its called a playground, but its nearer to a battlefield. It can be brutal
Great songs write themselves. You're just being led by the nose, or the ears. The skill is not to interfere with it too much. Ignore intelligence, ignore everything; just follow it where it takes you.
But I’ve always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I’m here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Other...