Bobby Keys quotes

The first session I did with the Stones was an accident. I just happened to be wandering down the hallway of the same studio. (Bobby Keys)

I always loved Little Anthony and the Imperials. They were like the precursors of the Temptations. I loved their music.

Bobby Keys

Sometimes, I play a round of extremely poor golf.

Bobby Keys

I pull a lot of the stuff that I play off the rhythm tracks - and Keith Richards has been one of the main contributors to my inspirational playing.

Bobby Keys

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.

Bobby Keys

I played in the high school band. I was the one baritone saxophone out of 80 other people. No one could tell whether I was hittin' the right notes or the wrong notes.

Bobby Keys

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.

Bobby Keys

Bobby Keys

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: December 18, 1943
Died: December 2, 2014
Quotes count: 7

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