Rolling Stones Bio
There have been many contributors to the amazing phenomena that is The Rolling Stones but none have been more responsible for the band's enduring success than Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. Having met as children, the pair were reintroduced in 1960 by Dick Taylor who was a classmate of Richards' at Sidcup Art School. At the time, Jagger, an economics student, was playing blues with Taylor in the band Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys. Richards joined the group and shortly afterward he and Jagger met Brian Jones, a precocious talent already well-known on the British blues scene. They played at the same clubs and eventually started playing together with Dick Taylor. Their first performance as the Rolling Stones came on July, 12, 1962 at London's Marquee Club. The lineup at the time was Jagger, Jones, Richards, Ian Stewart, Mick Avory, and Dick Taylor. Avory and Taylor would leave shortly thereafter and were replaced by Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts.¹
¹ Complete bio with quotes at Ace's Bio-Farm.
Rolling Stones Quotes
"It was a magical time because I actually managed to turn my little juvenile fantasies into a way of life." ~ Keith Richards
"I never intended to be a sex symbol. I never really wanted to sort of get into pushing that particular aspect of myself because I thought of myself as a serious musician. I didn’t want to be a stripper. But then I turned out to be one. Just another girl on the runway." ~ Mick Jagger
"The band is getting better & better. The guys are knocking me out, ya know. And that makes me happy and when I'm happy it keeps everybody else happy because when I'm unhappy, forget about it." ~ Keith Richards
