My life is full of broken halos.
KEITH RICHARDSMy father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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What’s the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that’s at a normal job – and I ain’t there yet.
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I only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
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I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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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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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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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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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
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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 was number 1 on the who’s likely to die list for 10 years. I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.
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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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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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