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,…

— Bobby Keys

When I talk about rock n' roll, to me, that goes back to the beginning of the 1950s. Blue suede shoes and…

— Bobby Keys

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

— 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…

— 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…

— Bobby Keys

The first session I did with the Stones was an accident. I just happened to be wandering down the hallway of the…

— 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…

— 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

I've played in bands with A-team players around. But unless they can play together, it doesn't do any good. And you can…

— Bobby Keys

If the people dig it, then I dig it. If the people wanna hear it, then I wanna play it.

— Bobby Keys

I played in the high school band. I was the one baritone saxophone out of 80 other people. No one could tell…

— Bobby Keys

It doesn't matter how many times I've played 'Brown Sugar', I never get tired of playing it.

— Bobby Keys

In the summertime, I played Little League baseball; football in the fall; basketball in the winter.

— Bobby Keys

John Lennon, who was a good friend of mine, he had one of the best senses of humor of any human being.…

— Bobby Keys

When you're not on the payroll, and you want to continue the Beverly Wilshire lifestyle, but you're only geared for a Holiday…

— Bobby Keys

I pull a lot of the stuff that I play off the rhythm tracks - and Keith Richards has been one of…

— Bobby Keys

I play with toys. I have one plane that travels with me. It travels with the equipment.

— Bobby Keys