The 71-year-old rocker said he finds lead guitarist Jimmy Page great, but did not like him performing with the other members of the band, reported Femalefirst.
"Me neither. I love Jimmy Page, but as a band, no, with John Bonham thundering down the highway in an uncontrolled 18-wheeler. He had cornered the market there. Jimmy is a brilliant player. But I always felt there was something a little hollow about it, you know?," Richards said.
While talking about young musicians, he praised Ed Sheeran and wished Amy Winehouse was alive to reach her full potential.
"I mean sadly, now, Amy Winehouse could have been that. She already was, but she's sadly missed. To (think) what she could have done, what she would have done," he said.