Charlie Watts on jazz and cleaning up (1986):“The jazz orchestra was a good band in the end – during the period we were playing I had cleaned up, so the first phase […]
Charlie Watts on Keith Richards (1973): “I don’t really have that much to say, I mean, if you want to talk about the Rolling Stones, you should talk to Keith, who, I […]
Charlie Watts about the Rolling Stones being the best when they’re onstage (2013):“Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we are a live band. We always have been, even in the early days. The Beatles […]
“Charlie Watts: The one-off merchant…”*From the Record Mirror, England, Oct. 18 1969*Click for more YESTERDAY’S PAPERS
Charlie Watts on his first drums:“I got my first drum kit when I was 13 or 14. It was an Olympic: a guy in a pub sold it to my Dad. I […]
Charlie Watts on the Stones’ early shows at the Crawdaddy:“At Richmond we became sort of a cult, in a way. Not because of us, it just happens… There were so many people, […]
Charlie Watts, on playing live: “Usually I can hear the pianos, the saxophone, and usually I can hear Ronnie. But I really need to listen to Keith and Mick. The rest of […]
Charlie Watts on Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (1998):“I’m lucky to have been with these two. There’s a magic about them that people like. They always argue, but they always love each […]
Charlie Watts quote on the band carrying on: “I love playing the drums, and I love playing with Mick, Keith and Ronnie. I don’t know about the rest of it. It wouldn’t […]
Charlie Watts about the Stones working under pressure (February 1969):“Sometimes I think it was a miracle we produced anything under the pressures and emotional upheavals withing the group. We had to find […]
