Music Quotes by Bobby Keys

You got to realize that the vision, the image, according to 1964 U.S. rock and roll standards, was mohair suit and tie, and nicey-nicey…

— 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.…

— Bobby Keys

I first went on the road with the Rolling Stones in the year of our Lord, 1969. But my grandfather gave me away to…

— Bobby Keys

I play more rhythmically than I do a lot of notes.

— Bobby Keys

Sometimes, I play a round of extremely poor golf.

— Bobby Keys

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

— 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 try to play the best I can every time I play. But there's just some folks that seem to draw a little bit…

— Bobby Keys

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

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…

— Bobby Keys

I've never thought of my name at the top of the marquee in any particular terms other than, you know, slight bewilderment.

— Bobby Keys

We just get up there and play rock-and-roll music, man. Everybody sweats and has a good time.

— Bobby Keys