“It’s been a lifetime - what a life and what a great time!
People are always asking me what it is that makes us what we are. If I knew that, I’d bottle it and sell it. But I do know that it’s an amazing - a unique - chemistry. When all of us get behind our instruments and Mick starts to sing we become like on person. I’ve pondered over the years what itis that makes The Rolling Stones what we’ve become and I’ve come to the conclusion that a lot of it is the driving force of Mick, who is one hell of a guy to play behind. Added to which we really enjoy playing together and we’ve been good friends for fifty years, at least most of the time, which is no mean achievement.
There’s also the feeling that we can always do better. Even now I think there are better shows left in us - shows at which we can still top what’s gone before. It’s always a great buzz when we work together, and when we don’t play for a while I begin to get kind of itchy. Playing with the guys has always been an up, and while it’s not quite an addiction it’s certainly a habit.
The music keeps us young, and when you add that to the experience we’ve gained it all goes to make us what we still are. In fact the upside of playing together for so long is that we know each other so well. There are no boundaries to get over when we get together so perfectly. There’s no one who does bot fit in. If there was it would be an uphill struggle, but with the Stones we’re always rolling easy.
When we play it’s all about the feel; that’s the all-important ingredient. The music we play comes out of the blues and you can’t play the blues without feelings. As we developed into the pop side of things and then into the rock, the blues were present, giving us those right feelings. Throughout the last fifty years there’s always been a soul machine in the basment, one that has kept driving us forward.“ - Keith Richards
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