62 Quotes by Mick Taylor

What I’ve always lacked is a really strong band to back me up.

Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I’m always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players. male and female.

The Stones don’t really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They’re not like a group that’s disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They’ve always been there.

It’s not rubbish to say that I was a bit peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that wasn’t the whole reason. I guess I just felt like I had enough. I decided to leave and start a group with Jack Bruce.

If you’ve been playing for a few years, especially in a group context, you’ll see if you have the ability or the passion to want to carry on. It’s something that you have to be dedicated to and you’ve got to love, no matter what happens.

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

I’ve never stopped learning.

The Blues scene now is international. In the ’50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by black musicians, especially in America. But from the ’60s onwards it changed.

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