Bobby Keys quotes:

John Lennon, who was a good friend of mine, he had one of the best senses of humor of any human being. And Keith Richards, fantastic sense of humor. They were smart, sharp. They had their own thoughts on matters.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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 take guys who may not stand on their own up against a bunch of individuals they might be compared to, but you put 'em together, man, and they are unique unto themselves in a way that no one else can touch.

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

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 ol' boy next door.

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.

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

Sometimes, I play a round of extremely poor golf.