I only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
KEITH RICHARDSI’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you’re a grownup, but it’s not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.
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This is the rock ‘n’ roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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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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When you’re 20, you can’t imagine being 30. When you’re 30, you can’t imagine being 40. When you’re 40, you can’t imagine being 100.
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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I’ve never turned blue in someone else’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them – they found you ; you just grow into each other
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
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And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You’ve got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.
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