Music Quote by Andy Taylor

Career advice disguised as fandom, Andy Taylor is really talking about the brutal math of longevity. “Cherry pick The Stones” frames success not as artistic purity but as selective borrowing: study the mechanics of the one act that turned a volatile youth culture into a repeatable business model. The phrase is tellingly unsentimental. You don’t “be inspired by” the Stones; you mine them.

The appeal, in Taylor’s telling, isn’t mystery or genius so much as turnout. “People love coming to see them” puts the live audience at the center, where rock mythology usually puts rebellion. It’s a reminder that the Stones’ greatest innovation might be logistical: how to make desire durable across decades, how to turn a band into an institution without sanding off the danger that made them famous. That’s the subtext behind “they are it” - not an argument, a verdict. Cultural consensus as career strategy.

Calling them “the most definitive rock n roll band ever” is less a ranking than a claim about what “rock n roll” ultimately became: swagger standardized, transgression packaged, blues references curated into an exportable brand. Coming from a guitarist who emerged in an era of fast-fashion pop and image-first stardom, it reads like a confession of envy and respect. If your goal is survival, Taylor suggests, don’t chase the new. Reverse-engineer the band that convinced generations that aging can still look like electricity.