keith richard and marianne faitfull...

 Keith Richards’ method is to take the germ of a song and nag at it, all the while keeping it to himself. He played his guitar constantly. Actually, I never saw Keith without it. He’s like the lute player sitting in the window – that’s Keith exactly. Always gnawing a song. And very secretive about this process. It strays in his head until it’s finished. Then, out of the blue, he’ll drop it to you. A dazzling thing to do. It knocks people dead» – Marianne Faithfull, 1994