‘A new door opens’: Keith Richards says arthritis has changed how he plays guitar

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He owns more than 1,000, though he plays only a few on stage. But as Keith Richards' love affair with the guitar remains undimmed, his fingers are not quite what they used to be.

The Rolling Stones guitarist struggles with arthritis, which has affected the way he now plays. Funnily enough, I've no doubt it has, but I don't have any pain: it's a sort of benign version," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. I think if I've slowed down a little bit it's probably due more to age.