When I think about Keith, I am reminded that the best songs come from the gutter…but it is a hell of a place to fish when you have to sit on the curb What do you use for bait? a piece of red cloth will do or a candy wrapper Good songs jump right on your hook and the hook is in the song for good…Keith can grit his teeth and he can voice chord with his upper lip /// and when the night is winding down…Keith sounds like an orchestra tuning up… a blue schemer, in a wavy glass mirror, like partially melted chords left out in the sun too long…and if you listen to the chords that fall out of Keiths coat…it is like broadway out of focus…an electric powder blue fog bank with 100s of tunes inside, crying…They are like fish just dying to get down in the pan and start frying. Feathers, finger nails scabs and scars /// some songs are written on the way to the studio in rented cars /// never confuse the amount of time it takes with the depth of the duende eh ? Keep the tape rolling Keith thinks, I am sitting on a BIG EGG and it needs another minute or so before I can blow my top.
Keith…long may you twirl, Splash, curl, slash, take a blue marble and turn it into a 49 Mercury saw the girl in half and make the elephant disappear… Happy Birthday KEITH the big 80 is here, slap it in the face and wake it up… Love, T O M W
Happy Birthday Keith! Thanks for all of the memorable music that you helped create with the Rolling Stones that the fans could enjoy for 60+ years - and still rolling with an awesome new album as well You are a true rock legend - it's great to have you here, it's great to have you anywhere! Rock on forever! Cheers!
You made it darlin'! And I always knew you would. You are a triumph, a poet, a warrior, that pirate with a heart of gold. And at 80, you still make my heart sing. Thank you is not enough. I cherish each and every moment we've shared.
A belated Happy Birthday to Keith. 80, who would have thought? For myself, I am somehow reassured that Keith is still with us, and appears to still be quite happy here on the planet. Fitting that Keith's autobiography is called "Life". He has certainly lived it.