One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
KEITH RICHARDSI never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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One minute I’m standing at Ronnie Scott’s getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I’m on a marble slab
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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing – the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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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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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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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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My life is full of broken halos.
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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
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We all have our own personal laboratories. Life is an experiment, and it’s just a matter of getting the alchemical or chemical combination right.
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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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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It’s the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician: ‘He passed it on.’
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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