We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had. Ian McLagan Read Quote
My love for American music and American movies is from an early age. I was 10 or 11 when I heard Fats Domino and Little Richard and Buddy Holly. And the movies, my dad used to take my brother and I to the movies every Friday. It was incredible: we got to see just about every movie that came out for a period of years. Ian McLagan Read Quote
I am so blessed that all I’ve done in my professional life, since I was 17-18, is play music and somehow make a dollar here and there. Ian McLagan Read Quote
Small Faces were really a soul band as far as we were concerned. That’s what we listened to; that’s what we played, you know? We were pretty much based on Booker T. and the M.G.’s. Ian McLagan Read Quote
What I do for migraines when I get them, I listen to classical music, and I turn it up really loud. Ian McLagan Read Quote
I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, all those great records. So I begged my mom and dad for a guitar, which eventually they did get me for Christmas, but it went out of tune very quickly, and it hurt my fingers. Ian McLagan Read Quote
The Small Faces was such a different band than the Faces. I know three of us are the same, but when you take Steve Marriott out, it’s a very different band. Ian McLagan Read Quote
I’m terrible remembering lyrics. Before a tour, I have to remind myself. I have to go through the songs. Ian McLagan Read Quote
When I joined Small Faces, we occasionally would bump into The Who. And Keith Moon and I became firm pals. Ian McLagan Read Quote
