--- title: "21 Bobby Keys Quotes - Famous Musician" description: "American saxophonist (1943-2014)... | Robert Henry Keys was an American saxophonist who performed as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/bobby-keys-27031_lot_i-play-more-rhythmically-than-i-do-a-lot_140082.jpg" --- # Bobby Keys (1943–2014) Musician **21** quotes in **249** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Bobby Keys was a musician. ## Quick Facts About Bobby Keys Born December 18, 1943 Died December 2, 2014 Profession Musician ## About Bobby Keys American saxophonist (1943-2014)... \| Robert Henry Keys was an American saxophonist who performed as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Harry Nilsson, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Joe Ely, and ot ## Quotes by Bobby Keys > [I play more rhythmically than I do a lot of notes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/i-play-more-rhythmically-than-i-do-a-lot-of-notes/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/bobby-keys-27031_lot_i-play-more-rhythmically-than-i-do-a-lot_140082.jpg) > [It doesn't matter how many times I've played 'Brown Sugar', I never get tired of playing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/it-doesn-t-matter-how-many-times-i-ve-played-brown-sugar-i-never-get/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/bobby-keys-27031_brown_it-doesn-t-matter-how-many-times-i-ve-pl_2254318.jpg) > [If the people dig it, then I dig it. If the people wanna hear it, then I wanna play it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/if-the-people-dig-it-then-i-dig-it-if-the-people-wanna-hear-it-then-i/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/bobby-keys-27031_dig_if-the-people-dig-it-then-i-dig-it-if-th_2168051.jpg) > [Sometimes, I play a round of extremely poor golf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/sometimes-i-play-a-round-of-extremely-poor-golf/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/bobby-keys-27031_extremely_sometimes-i-play-a-round-of-extremely-po_449711.jpg) > [I play with toys. I have one plane that travels with me. It travels with the equipment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/i-play-with-toys-i-have-one-plane-that-travels-with-me-it-travels/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/bobby-keys-27031_equipment_i-play-with-toys-i-have-one-plane-that-t_2939732.jpg) > [We just get up there and play rock-and-roll music, man. Everybody sweats and has a good time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/we-just-get-up-there-and-play-rock-and-roll-music-man-everybody/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/bobby-keys-27031_everybody_we-just-get-up-there-and-play-rock-and-r_2002874.jpg) > [The first session I did with the Stones was an accident. I just happened to be wandering down the hallway of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/the-first-session-i-did-with-the-stones-was-an-accident-i-just/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Accident](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accident/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/bobby-keys-27031_accident_the-first-session-i-did-with-the-stones_1256795.jpg) > [It's pretty scripted on the road: very organised and compartmentalised, and that's the way it has to be with so many people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/it-s-pretty-scripted-on-the-road-very-organised-and-compartmentalised/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/bobby-keys-27031_involved_it-s-pretty-scripted-on-the-road-very-or_1272425.jpg) > [You got to realize that the vision, the image, according to 1964 U.S. rock and roll standards, was mohair suit and tie,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/you-got-to-realize-that-the-vision-the-image-according-to-1964-u-s/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/bobby-keys-27031_according_you-got-to-realize-that-the-vision-the-i_42667.jpg) > [I first went on the road with the Rolling Stones in the year of our Lord, 1969. But my grandfather gave me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/i-first-went-on-the-road-with-the-rolling-stones-in-the-year-of-our/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a1/bobby-keys-27031_away_i-first-went-on-the-road-with-the-rollin_101870.jpg) > [I try to play the best I can every time I play. But there's just some folks that seem to draw a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/i-try-to-play-the-best-i-can-every-time-i-play-but-there-s-just-some/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/bobby-keys-27031_best_i-try-to-play-the-best-i-can-every-time_1216712.jpg) > [In the summertime, I played Little League baseball; football in the fall; basketball in the winter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/in-the-summertime-i-played-little-league-baseball-football-in-the/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/bobby-keys-27031_baseball_in-the-summertime-i-played-little-league_2472231.jpg) > [When you're not on the payroll, and you want to continue the Beverly Wilshire lifestyle, but you're only geared for a Holiday…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/when-you-re-not-on-the-payroll-and-you-want-to-continue-the-beverly/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Beverly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beverly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2e/bobby-keys-27031_beverly_when-you-re-not-on-the-payroll-and-you-w_2845952.jpg) > [I played in the high school band. I was the one baritone saxophone out of 80 other people. No one could tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/i-played-in-the-high-school-band-i-was-the-one-baritone-saxophone-out/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/bobby-keys-27031_band_i-played-in-the-high-school-band-i-was-t_2227918.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/i-ve-played-in-bands-with-a-team-players-around-but-unless-they-can/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/bobby-keys-27031_against_i-ve-played-in-bands-with-a-team-players_2070719.jpg) > [John Lennon, who was a good friend of mine, he had one of the best senses of humor of any human being.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/john-lennon-who-was-a-good-friend-of-mine-he-had-one-of-the-best/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/bobby-keys-27031_any_john-lennon-who-was-a-good-friend-of-min_2747345.jpg) > [When I talk about rock n' roll, to me, that goes back to the beginning of the 1950s. Blue suede shoes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/when-i-talk-about-rock-n-roll-to-me-that-goes-back-to-the-beginning/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/bobby-keys-27031_about_when-i-talk-about-rock-n-roll-to-me-that_65960.jpg) > [I've never thought of my name at the top of the marquee in any particular terms other than, you know, slight bewilderment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/i-ve-never-thought-of-my-name-at-the-top-of-the-marquee-in-any/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/bobby-keys-27031_any_i-ve-never-thought-of-my-name-at-the-top_1972805.jpg) > [I pull a lot of the stuff that I play off the rhythm tracks - and Keith Richards has been one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/i-pull-a-lot-of-the-stuff-that-i-play-off-the-rhythm-tracks-and-keith/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f5/bobby-keys-27031_been_i-pull-a-lot-of-the-stuff-that-i-play-of_2882534.jpg) > [I always loved Little Anthony and the Imperials. They were like the precursors of the Temptations. I loved their music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/i-always-loved-little-anthony-and-the-imperials-they-were-like-the/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/bobby-keys-27031_always_i-always-loved-little-anthony-and-the-im_1001767.jpg) > [I can't read music. That's not where I come from musically. I come strictly from feeling, and that feeling comes from rock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/i-can-t-read-music-that-s-not-where-i-come-from-musically-i-come/) [Bobby Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/bobby-keys-27031_come_i-can-t-read-music-that-s-not-where-i-co_1094779.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-keys/#itemlist", "name": "Bobby Keys Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I play more rhythmically than I do a lot of notes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bobby Keys" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/i-play-more-rhythmically-than-i-do-a-lot-of-notes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/bobby-keys-27031_lot_i-play-more-rhythmically-than-i-do-a-lot_140082.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/bobby-keys-27031_lot_i-play-more-rhythmically-than-i-do-a-lot_140082.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/bobby-keys-27031_lot_i-play-more-rhythmically-than-i-do-a-lot_140082.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I play more rhythmically than I do a lot of notes.” — Bobby Keys", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It doesn't matter how many times I've played 'Brown Sugar', I never get tired of playing it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bobby Keys" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-keys/it-doesn-t-matter-how-many-times-i-ve-played-brown-sugar-i-never-get/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/bobby-keys-27031_brown_it-doesn-t-matter-how-many-times-i-ve-pl_2254318.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/bobby-keys-27031_brown_it-doesn-t-matter-how-many-times-i-ve-pl_2254318.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/bobby-keys-27031_brown_it-doesn-t-matter-how-many-times-i-ve-pl_2254318.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It doesn't matter how many times I've played 'Brown Sugar', I never get tired of playing it.” — Bobby Keys", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the people dig it, then I dig it. 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