I can't read music. That's not where I come from musically. I come strictly from feeling, and that feeling comes from rock & roll.
From Bobby Keys
It doesn't matter how many times I've played 'Brown Sugar', I never get tired of playing it.
When I talk about rock n' roll, to me, that goes back to the beginning of the 1950s. Blue suede shoes and sideburns, man. Pink and black coloured clothes. Turn your collar up, comb your hair in ducktails. And the music was cool. It was a whole culture then - a different world.
It's pretty scripted on the road: very organised and compartmentalised, and that's the way it has to be with so many people involved in a Stones tour.
I first went on the road with the Rolling Stones in the year of our Lord, 1969. But my grandfather gave me away to a drummer when I was 15 years old.
Sometimes, I play a round of extremely poor golf.
I play with toys. I have one plane that travels with me. It travels with the equipment.
When you're not on the payroll, and you want to continue the Beverly Wilshire lifestyle, but you're only geared for a Holiday Inn existence, things are gonna catch up to you.
John Lennon, who was a good friend of mine, he had one of the best senses of humor of any human being. And Keith Richards, fantastic sense of humor. They were smart, sharp. They had their own thoughts on matters.
We just get up there and play rock-and-roll music, man. Everybody sweats and has a good time.
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