Bobby Keys
Bobby Keys
Robert Henry "Bobby" Keyswas an American saxophonist who performed with other musicians as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Harry Nilsson, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and other prominent musicians. Keys played on hundreds of recordings and was a touring musician from 1956 until his death in 2014...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSaxophonist
Date of Birth18 December 1943
CitySlaton, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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.
When you're not on the payroll, and you want to continue the Beverly Wilshire lifestyle, but you're only geared for a Holiday Inn existence, things are gonna catch up to you.
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.
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.
It doesn't matter how many times I've played 'Brown Sugar', I never get tired of playing it.
In the summertime, I played Little League baseball; football in the fall; basketball in the winter.
If the people dig it, then I dig it. If the people wanna hear it, then I wanna play it.
I've never thought of my name at the top of the marquee in any particular terms other than, you know, slight bewilderment.
I try to play the best I can every time I play. But there's just some folks that seem to draw a little bit of that extra special out of you.
I play with toys. I have one plane that travels with me. It travels with the equipment.
I play more rhythmically than I do a lot of notes.
I first went on the road with the Rolling Stones in the year of our Lord, 1969. But my grandfather gave me away to a drummer when I was 15 years old.
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.