Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
KEITH RICHARDSRetire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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I’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
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My life is full of broken halos.
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
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There’s a demon in me, and he’s still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
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I consider my job [being a musician] is to have a little idea and nurture it and put it in some form that everybody else can understand and then sort of pass it on. It’s really a passing through. In other words, you receive and you transmit.
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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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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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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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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
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You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe – and you have the Rolling Stones!
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