“The early Stones were adolescent rockers. They were self-conscious in an obvious and unpretentious way. And they were committed to a musical style that needed no justification because it came so naturally to them. As they grew musically the mere repetition of old rock and blues tunes became increasingly less satisfying.” WaySelfRocksStyleGrewNeededConsciousStonesMereMusicalCommittedObviousTunesSatisfyingJustificationRepetitionSelf ConsciousRockersOld RockMusical Style Book:It's too late to stop now: a rock and roll journal Source: It's too late to stop now: a rock and roll journal
“The Rolling Stones are constantly changing, but beneath the changes they remain the most formal of rock bands. Their successive releases have been continuous extensions of their approach, not radical redefinitions, as has so often been the case with the Beatles.” Has BeensCasesRocksBandApproachStonesReleaseRadicalRollingFormalExtensionsRolling StonesRock Bands Author:Jon Landau
“The Rolling Stones have been the best of all possible worlds: they have the lack of pretension and sentimentality associated with the blues, the rawness and toughness of hard rock, and the depth which always makes you feel that they are in the midst of saying something. They have never impressed me as being kitsch.” WorldFeelsHas BeensHardRocksStonesDepthMidstImpressedRollingPretensionToughnessRolling StonesSentimentalityKitschHard RockRawness Author:Jon Landau
“The Stones were always exemplary of one of the best of all rock qualities: tightness. They have always been economical, the opposite of ornamental. Having a very clear idea of what they wanted to say they could go into a studio and make it all up on a three minute cut.” IdeasWantedThreeQualityClearCuttingMinutesRocksStonesOppositesStudiosExemplary Author:Jon Landau
“What makes the Stones' arrogance so divine is that we all believe that long ago and far away they weren't rich and famous but poor and struggling, just like us.” BelieveLongPoorStruggleRichDivineStonesArroganceFar AwayLong Ago Author:Jon Landau
“While the Beatles always had George Martin around to clean up their act, the Rolling Stones had Andrew Loog Oldham to coarsen theirs.” StonesCleanRollingRolling StonesAndrew Author:Jon Landau
“'Dance to the Music' was just Sly Stone being his natural crazy self right from the beginning. The man was an original and his first AM hit was nothing if it wasn't the example per excellence of the Sly Stone music machine.” IfsMenFirstsSelfNaturalCrazyExampleStonesMachinesOriginalsExcellenceSly Author:Jon Landau
“Sly Stone doesn't make good albums: only good records. His style is so infinite and revolves around so many crucial aspects that it has only come together perfectly on a handful of his singles.” TogetherRecordsStyleAspectStonesInfiniteAlbumsCrucialHandfulSinglesSlyGood Records Author:Jon Landau
“The Faces do not, as some have recently alleged, play badly. They are more than competent, especially at creating a mid-Sixties Rolling Stones-styled groove, as their excellent version of 'Memphis' proves.” PlayFacesProveCreatingStonesVersionsExcellentSixtyRollingCompetentRolling StonesGrooveMemphis Author:Jon Landau
“The Rolling Stones are violence. Their music penetrates the raw nerve endings of their listeners and finds its way into the groove marked 'release of frustration.'” WayViolenceStonesReleaseFrustrationNervesListenersRollingPenetrateRolling StonesGroove Author:Jon Landau
