Keith Richards is talking the future of The Rolling Stones in a new interview, and he is even hinting at a potential album. The interview was to promote his documentary on BBC2 entitled Keith Richards: The Origin Of The Species, which will air this upcoming Saturday (July 23).
During the interview, Richards also expressed that the group might be in the running to release some new music, a full 52 years after releasing a self-titled debut album in 1964.
“They’re not really bands if they don’t last; they’re groups,” Richards said to Radio Times as reported by NME. “We’re a band and a real band sticks until it dies. These bands, they become big, but they’re generational, just for one decade. They literally go when their testosterone goes.”
Richards further said, “We work hard and no one takes it for granted. We’re still looking to make our best record and put on our best show. The Stones have managed to be part of life, without becoming pass. Also, what else are you going to do? You never grow up, you just learn a little more. I ain’t getting old, I’m evolving.”
The rocker also took a jab at fellow superstars of the decade The Beatles, expressing that they weren’t on the same level as others as a live band.
But The Beatles are not the only fellow artists that Richards is slamming, and back in March the rocker criticized Rihanna and Adele for having multiple songwriters on their albums. In the chat with Time Out London, Richards was asked by the journalist how he felt about the multiple songwriters for the albums, to which Richards quipped, “Well, they can’t rely on themselves, can they?”
