Keith Richards is fed up with technology: “AI is killing me… Do I fear for the future of music? I fear for the future of everything”
Keith Richards is sick of modern technology, and has no desire to get on board with the progression of AI and those “damn phones”.
While other members of The Rolling Stones – he names Mick Jagger as an example – are much more open to moving with the times, Richards tells The Guardian in a new interview that he likes to stick to his old ways and that his daily use of modern tech extends to “an electric kettle” and not much further.
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Richards says he’s “had it up to here with technology” and celebrity culture, noting that his grandchildren “are not quite as imbecilic”: “If it wasn’t for a cassette, there wouldn’t have been a Satisfaction, because I got the riff in my sleep, hit record and then the next day played it back and it was Satisfaction in a very raw form,” he explains.
“I stick to the old ways, as my dad would have said. I’ve seen records go from being made on two-track tapes stuck to the wall, to suddenly eight tracks, then 16, 24, then digital and it hasn’t really helped the music at all. But it’s something you live with.
“I mean, personally, I think the world would be better off without the damn phone. AI is killing me, you know. Do I fear for the future of music? I fear for the future of everything. They don’t know what the hell it does, so now we all dangle and wait,” he warns.
The Stones announced their 25th studio album in May. Titled Foreign Tongues, it will mark their first release since 2023’s Hackney Diamonds and is due to land on 10 July. Just like their previous release, it has also been produced by Andrew Watt.
Learn more about Foreign Tongues or pre-order the album now via the Rolling Stones website.
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