Keith Live on AOL - November 24th, 1998

Comment: Keith: compare life on the road now with the Stones as
compared to the 70s-80s. Besides the parties, whats the real difference
for you out there?

KeithLIVE: To be honest... we are actually thinking of going
professional next year. But really, the difference is really a matter of
scale the road is the road.. it will always be the road.. white line fever
except now, I actually make it to show time, until show time being when I wake up.

Comment: Keith, HUGH here. Any chance we're going to hear Little T&A
live on the No Security tour? It's been a while...

KeithLIVE: Well if I get requests it's quite likely that you will. Why
not. I'll put it on the list. Why not, I'll throw T&A in.. for sure.

Comment: Most groups have had falling outs for whatever reason,what
kept the stones together? who kept the level head.

KeithLIVE: We just kept falling in. I don't know if it's a matter of
level heads...it's a matter of guys playing together..it depends on your
motives...it's a chemistry thing..it's indefineable. we don't fall out.. if we
do, we just fall back in. We just love to play together I guess.

Online Host: Keith, what book were you reaching for when you fell off
the ladder at home when you broke your rib?

KeithLIVE: It was really Leonardo DiVinci's book on anatomy I had been
asked to do a drawing by someone and I decided to consult the master. I
discovered more about anatomy then I ever knew.

Comment: Keith, can you explain the stage set up on this tour?

KeithLIVE: It's a deep dark hidden secret. But it will be different.
But howdifferent I don't know... and if I did, I wouldn't tell you.

Comment: Keith, what do you think of hip hop and rap music?

KeithLIVE: Funny terms really...I don't really think about them.
Everything got it's place. There are so good ones and bad ones. It's mary had a
little lamb wtih a bad beat. I just write music... I can't image buying my
favorite rap music in 10 years or 20 years. If it says something, it's cool..
but really, what's a rap?

Comment: Hi ya Keith! This is Vera, the Midnight Rambler. My question
for you is-- who or what made you interested in reggae?

KeithLIVE: Living in Jamaica helps. There's no "who" I just started
working... I started living htere and making lots of friends in
Kingston and the rasta farians..I dont' spend as much time there as I'd like to.
It's expressive, fascinating beat... Jamaica is a very talented island.

Comment: Hey Keith, first of all thanks for all the great music...
second, how will the no security tour differ from bridges?

KeithLIVE: That is yet to be seen.. I'm not a clairvoyant. It will be
smaller, more indoors...mainly because of the time of year for a band...
playing outdoors, you always have that element called "GOD" if you are
indoors, you can relax a little bit more..you don't get dust or heat or
whatever God in his almighty wisdom sends your way.

OnlineHost: In school, what was your favorite subject?

KeithLIVE: You mean, you're supposed to have one? Actually, I was
always interesting in geography. Always wanted to know where I was on the
face of this planet. History always got me because I never wanted to make the
same mistakes. Music I used because it was an easy way to get out of more
difficult subjects. If you were in the choir, you were excused from
those subjects like Math and chemistry.

Comment: Is there anyone left that you would like to play with but
haven't? We think you are great.

KeithLIVE: There are so many... the list would go on and on...The
tragedy is the guys that I would have hoped to play with like Gram Parsons, Otios
Redding...I've been fortunate on the other respect to work with Chuck
Berry, Buddy Guy, the list goes on. The ones you regret are the guys that you
thought would be around as long as you were. I would have loved to have
worked with Buddy Holly, I would have loved to have worked with Elvis,
on the right day. As long as he got out of that costume.

Comment: Keith, The Rolling Stones are supposively doing this arena
tour as a thank you to the fans. If so, why are tickets so expensive. I cannot
afford to pay $300 a ticket

KeithLIVE: That's the thank you. I don't know... I've never bought a
ticket to a Rolling Stones concert. Only a small portion of the tickets are
$300. The first 10 rows are $40 - $75.

Comment: You have so many cool guitars that you use during a show,
whats your favorite.

KeithLIVE: The reason I use a different guitar is that they are all
great particular sounds for particular songs. I've gotten so good and
changing them quickly. I have a great staff... as long I don't keep people waiting
when I change over... it's good and Mick can blah blah while I'm doing it.
Obviously the Fender Telecaster is a favorite...but I love Gibsons too. But when
it comes down to it... one song, one guitar.

Comment: Do you think you will be making another solo album after this
next tour with the stones is over.

KeithLIVE: That's planning ahead which is something I found is futile.
Everytime I've planned to do something it's gone straight down the
hole. My answer to that is: I'd love to do another one...I've got a lot of work
to do before I leave you all. It's in the future... let's put it like that.
It's in the cards.

Comment: What do you do for relaxation?

KeithLIVE: Absolutely nothing..That's what relaxing it.

OnlineHost: What do you plan to do for the holidays?

KeithLIVE: I've already told you about this planning thing. I'm going
to eat Turkey... hopefully not cold.

Comment: What does the name No Security really mean?

KeithLIVE: Well... security, what is security. It's a fantasy... there
is no security in life... no security anywhere. It means it's not safe.

OnlineHost: What do you do to stay in shape for your live touring?

KeithLIVE: You try working with the Stones five times a week and you'll
find that you'll stay in shape.. especially if you are wearing a guitar.
THere's plenty of a workout there, baby.

Comment: Keith...where are all the Vintage master tapes, and all the
original Vintage recording equipment the Stones' employed in the early years?

KeithLIVE: Who's the thief who wants to know? The are hidden in silos,
bubba.deep deep underground.

Comment: Keith, do you like playing in the smaller arenas like you will
on this tour or do you like the stadiums that you played on the "Bridges To
Babylon" tour better?

KeithLIVE: It's a different thing. I really enjoy playing clubs up to
auditoriums. Stadiums, you see, are something that present you with a
problem. The music we play is club music, if not , garage music. Our
job has always been to present music that's supposed to be played to 100 people
and we are playing to 100 thousand people. Give me the indoors where the
conditions are controlled.

Comment: Keith - Who is your favorite bluesman (besides yourself, of
course).

KeithLIVE: I mean, I 'm way down on the list..Robert Johnson, is
probably the pinacle of the blues man writing, presentation. Then we get into the
list...Muddy Waters..the list is endless... I put myself way down there... I'm
just climbing my way up. Robert Johnson, you can't go wrong from starting
there...then just check out muddy waters.. you'll have no problem.

Comment: How do you fight the boredom with the older songs, playing
them overand over again, we love to hear them but it must be hard for the band

KeithLIVE: Wrong...it's very easy, for some reason, these songs never
stop changing and every time you play them, you find another way over the
year...when you make records, you've just written the song, then you
record it then when you take it on the road, you find that you just scratched the
surface. The songs are just too interested to play, Satisfaction still
leads me down difffernt avenues every night.

Comment: Keith, what were your impressions of Moscow?

KeithLIVE: I was very impressed really. They are great, warm people.
Unfortunately, they don't have much of an idea of what's going on at the
moment...but I did get a stray dog out of it. He was following me
around and I took him back to Connecticut with me. His name is Rasputin and he's
the new VooDoo.

Comment: Keith, when did you first start playing the guitar?

KeithLIVE: I can remember how I eased into that thing. My grandfather,
I blame. My mother's father, who I dont know, somehow spotten a guitar
player, 10 years before I picked it up he would leave it on top of his
piano...he would never let me touch it. until I wanted to really touch it. He
showed me a thing or two... He had his plans, I'm just following orders

Comment: UK calling Keith! What type of venues are the promised UK 99
extra gigs planned for? Are you looking forward to finally hitting your
original home :-)
KeithLIVE: I don't even know where the original home is. By now I'm a
nomad, I'm a gypsy. As is the rest of the band. I'm not really looking for
anything... I just want to play. We have a band here despite all, is
still finding it's pace, it's strength, it's too fascinating NOT to continue.
There's a great feeling amonst everyone in the band. Not just the
primary members... but we have a great bunch of musicians with us who are
continually egging us on as well. You can't do anything in a vacuum.

Comment: So you are not really gonna skip NY/NJ this time??? I find
that hard to believe.

KeithLIVE: So do I... I didn't know that. I will immediately put in a
complaint and try to rectify that. The wires will be burning.

Comment: Keith, I just want to say what an honor it is to ask you a
question, How does it feel to be the soul of rock and roll?

KeithLIVE: WEll, you've already honored me pal by saying that. I have
no perception about that... but I just do my best brother. I just sling
that hash on the stage...

Comment: What new rock bands do you like?

KeithLIVE: You mean, there are some...that's a little wicked. I can't
give you names... and pick anything that I've heard on record lately and
said... "yes yes yes... these guys got it. But I've heard in Canda, in south
america, in europe in little clubs. I'm not interested in the flavor of the
month...but I know that there are guys out there and they are doing it.

Comment: If I came over your house and looked in your CD Player, what
CD would I find?

KeithLIVE: What I left in there was a compilation of classic reggae
from the 70s and the stack on top is Mozart...I have that 6 CD thing...Freddy
King...some Portugese folk music...some African stuff. In other words,

you can find anything in my pot, babe.

Comment: Keith, Hi! Do you own a computer at home? If you do, do you
have the internet?

KeithLIVE: I own a computer.. but I have nothing to do with it. My
daughter is probably on it right now laughing her head off as i'm doing this...I
own it, she runs it. High tech, I ain't... But I don't mind talking to
people this way...this I find a fascinating process.

Comment: Keith, I heard an interview you gave where you talked about
your "weave" style of playing with Ronnie. Can you explain more about what
you meant by that? Thanks

KeithLIVE: The acient form of "weaving". The virtuoso guitar, my
interest has always been with the supplemations of one guitar with another. You
eventually give up who's playing lead guitar or rhythm. You keep crossing and
weaving, you go up, he comes below. It's like an artform. One's enough, but
it's so much better with two. Ask anyone with one ball.

Comment: Hey Keith!! What are your thoughts on the book that just came
out? By the way, I love the Stones and think you are the most amazing
musicians of all time. ~~BrrwnSugar~~

KeithLIVE: Thank you very much. The book, I'm kinda just going through
it..Because first, I have to get a coffee table...

Comment: What insttument would you play if you didnt play guitar?

KeithLIVE: Well, guitar is my main instrument... I play piano, bass.
Drums I would love to play, but it would just take up too much time and leg
room I dont' like things that you have to put in your mouth and blow because I
like to talk while i'm playing...

OnlineHost: Hi Keith, does your skeleton ring hold any special meaning to you?

KeithLIVE: I have been asked this many times and the answer is beauty
is only skin deep. This is what we all look like in the end.. and the
beginning.

OnlineHost: If you could chose any cover song to do, what would it be?

KeithLIVE: Oh lord...this one is really trying to trip me. There is a
song called "True" but it's a chic song, so I cant' do that. You know, I
love to do cover songs. We started by playing other people's songs, like
everyone else does. In a way, you have a sense that you are not really
responsible for it at all. I would love to do "Chained and Bound" by Otis Redding.
You kind of have a back burner here that's filled stuff that you can't even
attempt to cover that because the guy did it. I have to leave that one kind of
open by saying there's a whole world out there that I'd like to come close to
let alone eclipse.

Comment: From a dear friend in Belfast Ir. When will you be back over to
play?!

KeithLIVE: Belfast.. as soon as you got the space ready for us. I love
Ireland... North and South. To me, Ireland is Ireland... the troubles
are all over, pal. I'll put that to the band. It's not something I can answer
straight up myself. I tell you what, I wouldn't mind going back.

Comment: Any chance of more venues and dates opening up?

KeithLIVE: Maybe. My experience, where we are going to play, it
changes week by week Mick loses his voice, I break my ribs. It changes. I dont'
really pay attention. If things go well, we can duck and dive, adapt and
improvise and overcome. It very well may expand. I'm prepared to expand the
clubs.

Comment: What do you think of Oasis covering Street Fighting Man?
Do you like their version?

KeithLIVE: I haven't heard it.

OnlineHost: What are your plans for the New Year's Eve
1999?KeithLIVE: Not to fly the next day or do anything.

KeithLIVE: We are going to live in a hole in the ground and make sure no
missles go off... and wake up with a hangover, with any luck. Love to
everybody.. hang in there.

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