Talk Is Cheap - Personnel

Personnel

• Keith Richards – lead vocals, guitar
• Sarah Dash – backing vocals, duet on "Make No Mistake"
• Charley Drayton – bass guitar
• Steve Jordan – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Ivan Neville – piano, keyboards
• Patti Scialfa – backing vocals
• Waddy Wachtel – acoustic, electric, and slide guitar, production consultant

Additional musicians

• Bootsy Collins – bass guitar on "Big Enough"
• Michael Doucet – violin on "Locked Away"
• Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural – accordion on "You Don't Move Me", "Rockawhile" and "Locked Away"
• Johnny Johnson – piano on "I Could Have Stood You Up"
• Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone on "I Could Have Stood You Up" and "Whip It Up"
• Chuck Leavell – organ on "I Could Have Stood You Up"
• Maceo Parker – alto saxophone on "Big Enough"
• Joey Spampinato – bass guitar on "I Could Have Stood You Up" and "Rockawhile"
• Mick Taylor – guitar on "I Could Have Stood You Up"
• Bernie Worrell – organ on "Big Enough" and "You Don't Move Me", clavinet on "Make No Mistake" and "Rockawhile"
• Jimmi Kinnard – bass guitar on "Make No Mistake"
• The Memphis Horns – horns
• Willie Mitchell – horn arrangements