Words matter. These are the best Mick Taylor Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I didn’t think of myself as a lead player, especially when we did live shows, because me and Keith used to switch around all the time. He’d take a lead, I’d play rhythm. Sometimes even within one song. It wasn’t strict and regimented.
I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music.
Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I’ve got no idea.
The Blues scene now is international. In the ’50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by black musicians, especially in America. But from the ’60s onwards it changed.
The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues.
These days there’s so much technology and ways you can learn. There are videos and CD roms.
The most important thing is to follow your instinct and get involved with some friends who have similar tastes and aspirations and like music as much as you do.
I don’t know why, but I never felt I was gonna stay with the Stones forever, even right from the beginning.
I’m sure if we had made an album that was more traditional would have been released immediately. When we actually play this music on stage and people become familiar with it, it will become more popular.
I certainly want to get back to the U.S. to play. It’s such a big country. I’ve always liked playing there, and enjoyed living there. I lived in New York, LA, and Florida.
It’s not rubbish to say that I was a bit peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that wasn’t the whole reason. I guess I just felt like I had enough. I decided to leave and start a group with Jack Bruce.
I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.
I’ve never stopped learning.
What I’ve always lacked is a really strong band to back me up.
I do to keep things sounding fresh. Sometimes just changing the running order of the show is a good idea.
It’s nice to finally have a CD out which reflects my songwriting, my singing and the band that I have.
Altamont… I remember all of that. That was an awful day.
It’s sometimes impossible to fit in all the music we want to fit in, in an hour and 45 minute show.
