Why Keith Richards thought Brian Jones wasn’t a songwriter: “His mind was too confused”
Simply didn’t have the knack.
Brian Jones
Mick Jagger said one Rolling Stones bandmate “had no talent for writing songs”
Never possessing the songwriting muscle.
The only song Mick Jagger likes from the “spoiled” Rolling Stones album: “Frank Zappa used to say he really liked it”
Legendary frontman reflects on a formative album.
The artist who was too drunk to work with Jimi Hendrix: “He valiantly tried for a couple of takes”
Bowing out with a little less grace.
The Rolling Stones song that divided the band: “The best we’ve done”
Not how everyone envisioned it.
The legendary guitarist Pink Floyd originally wanted to replace Syd Barrett: “None of us had the nerve to ask him”
Things could have been very different.