“A new door has opened.”

While the Star of David sings, life makes its clever way. And the guitar too. This is what Keith Richards describes in an article published by the BBC website, where he explains the magic and Socratic mystery surrounding his favorite instrument: the guitar. “The amazing thing is that the more you play, the less you know,” he says. “It raises endless questions for you. You can never know everything. It is impossible».

The eternally important musician now has more reasons to release a new album than ever before Rolling stonesHackney Diamonds tells British Public Media how his way of playing the guitar has changed due to arthritis. “I don’t have any pain, it’s kind of the benign version. “I think I’ve slowed down a bit, but that’s probably because I’m getting older.”

He continues: “I find it interesting too, when I think: ‘I can’t do this anymore,’ and the guitar shows me that there is another way to do it. One finger will move to a different space and a completely new space. That’s why you’re always learning. Open a new door. “You never finish school.”

“Hackney Diamonds” is the first Rolling Stones album of new material in 18 years. Additionally, this will be the group’s first release since the 2021 death of Charlie Watts, a founding member who played on every one of the band’s thousands of concerts but one, and on nearly every song recorded, since the Rolling Stones. In 1962.