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After Paul was quoted in a New Yorker profile calling the Stones a “blues cover band”, he quickly got in touch with Keith Richards to insist that his comments were based on first impressions and not his current thoughts.

Speaking to writer Brian Hiatt for an episode of the podcast ‘Rolling Stone Music Now’, Keith, 78, said: “I got a note from Paul about that, saying ‘I was taken totally out of context’. He said (to the New Yorker), ‘That’s what I thought when I first heard them.’ Because Paul and I know each other pretty well. And so when I first read it, I said, ‘Ahhh, there’s been a lot of deleting and editing going on here.’ And the next day I got a message from Paul saying, ‘If you’ve read this s***, it’s all out of context, believe me, boys.’

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