"I don't know why, but I never felt I was gonna stay with the Stones forever, even right from the beginning"

Mick Taylor's quote mirrors his sensations of uncertainty regarding his future with the Rolling Stones. He realized that his time with the band was limited, even from the start. This could be due to the reality that he was the second guitar player to sign up with the band, after the separation of Brian Jones. He may have really felt that he was not as essential to the band as Jones was, and that his tenure with the Stones was not as safe and secure. Additionally, the Rolling Stones had a reputation for being an unstable and also uncertain band, and also Taylor might have been aware of this. His quote suggests that he knew that his time with the Stones was limited, which he was not expecting to stay with the band for life.