Having loved the Stones all the time I was growing up, I wasn't about to see them go and split up. It got very close to it in the 80s, when Mick thought that Keith hated him and vice versa.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We got touring with the Stones, and people were trying to keep up with Keith. He's like a human machine with a constitution of iron, and they all thought they could do the same.
The Stones were nasty and ugly and doing songs I was familiar with.
I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.
But, you know, the Stones were my opening act in the Sixties. I loved those British guys, the way they just stood there and shook their hair.
Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was.
It really comes down to Mick. He's the one who was constantly trying to get these five people in one room together. This is his love, his baby. It's his band, and there's nothing more he loves to do than get up on stage and play with us.
I tend to be a jam-band fan, and I love the Rolling Stones.
I know Mick Jagger wouldn't tour without Keith Richards and call it the Rolling Stones.
The Rolling Stones seemed very loose and wild, but when you read about them, you realize that everything they did is very deliberate.
The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're not like a group that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've always been there.