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.
KEITH RICHARDSWhat 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.’
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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If you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
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Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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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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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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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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To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That’s the reason I’m still alive.
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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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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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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 like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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I don’t regret nothing.
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