“I’ve got hard drives full of
things I’ve never released or
are in early demo form,” said
Richards. “I’ve always written.
I’ve actually been more of a
lyricist first with the music sec-
ond. Words in my life have al-
ways flown - they just flow out
of me. But then trying to tie
the musical ideas together has
always been hard. A lot harder.
I think most songwriters would
probably agree with me when
you say it’s somewhat of a ca-
thartic thing. It’s something
you do; you’re drawn to it; and
you get a good feeling when
you complete a song and you
like it.”
I mention to him that we’ve had
a rather strange period in mu-
sic with albums by David Bowie,
Leonard Cohen, Warren Zevon,
and Gregg Allman serving as
final statements by the artist.
Each had releases either shortly
before they died or afterwards.
I wondered if he felt that same
sort of commitment.
Watch a video for “Lazarus” by David Bowie
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