"Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and going for it. You have to sweat over it and bug it to death. You can...

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"And it was a very, very fruitful and great relationship between the Stones and The Beatles. It was very, very friendly.
"Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.
"If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
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"If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.