Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
KEITH RICHARDSTo me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it’s very easy in this game to believe you’re something special.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
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I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he’s gonna do tomorrow and I’m just happy to wake up to see who’s hanging around. Mick’s rock and I’m roll.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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The public library is the great equaliser.
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Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
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I don’t trust doctors. It’s not to say there ain’t some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn’t trust ’em at all.
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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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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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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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