Mick Taylor

I have a really good band, and just returned from a short tour in California. It hasn't always gone that well.

— Mick Taylor

It's not rubbish to say that I was a bit peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that…

— Mick Taylor

The most important thing is to follow your instinct and get involved with some friends who have similar taste and aspirations and…

— Mick Taylor

I do to keep things sounding fresh. Sometimes just changing the running order of the show is a good idea.

— Mick Taylor

I didn't think of myself as a lead player, especially when we did live shows, because me and Keith used to switch…

— Mick Taylor

I never advise anyone to sacrifice something else because of music, but then I don't see why they would have to anyway.

— Mick Taylor

The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by…

— Mick Taylor

I suppose because I have a good ear, I could pick out harmonies and learn by ear. I still think that you…

— Mick Taylor

Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really…

— Mick Taylor

I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.

— Mick Taylor

It's sometimes impossible to fit in all the music we want to fit in, in an hour and 45 minute show.

— Mick Taylor

These days there's so much technology and ways you can learn. There are videos and CD roms

— Mick Taylor

I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming…

— Mick Taylor

The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues

— Mick Taylor

The Stones are a different kind of group. I realized that when I joined them. It's not really so much their musical…

— Mick Taylor

I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played

— Mick Taylor

It's frustrating actually, the time involved in getting something released these days. My new CD has actually been finished for a year.…

— Mick Taylor

I'm sure if we had made an album that was more traditional would have been released immediately. When we actually play this…

— Mick Taylor

Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea

— Mick Taylor

The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're…

— Mick Taylor

Altamont... I remember all of that. That was an awful day.

— Mick Taylor

I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music.

— Mick Taylor

If you've been playing for a few years, especially in a group context, you'll see if you have the ability or the…

— Mick Taylor

If it wasn't for Mick, the group would've fallen apart a long time ago.

— Mick Taylor

I've never stopped learning.

— Mick Taylor