The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
KEITH RICHARDSI mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
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You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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But I’ve always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I’m here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.
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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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When I listen to what I did under the influence – 10 years of work – I don’t think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn’t have that much to do with it.
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I’m an unpure purist, something like that.
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
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I’ve never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I’d keep myself amused.
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