“The most successful thing I’ve done”: The one project Patti Smith considered a blessing
The reason to be an artist.
From The Vault Archives: 04/2025
“No radio station is going to play this”: The Queen song Roger Taylor never believed in
Not as tuneful as it would appear.
“Not something we felt comfortable with”: The genre that Pink Floyd ran away from
Outrunning the past.
The three classic musicians The Beatles channelled into ‘Lady Madonna’
Inspiration isn’t an isolated thing.
“I really love him”: The artist Stevie Nicks called one of the finest songwriters
The new age of classics.
“I was more into mechanics”: The only song Jimmy Page ever sang lead vocals on
The guitarist speaks.
“It’s interesting and shocking”: How Paul McCartney got his first number one song with his weirdest effort
The power of surrealist art.
“It’s that style”: The artist Keith Richards called the king of soul guitar
The magical sounds of soul.
“Somehow it just didn’t work”: The song Neil Young said would destroy all his other recordings
“It blew away ‘Freedom’.”
“Changes that feeling”: The drummer Rick Rubin called “unbelievably great”
Intuition over technicality.
