If you don’t know the blues there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
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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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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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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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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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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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
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I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I’ll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It’s a little embarrassing to admit it; I’m an old man now. It’s important to me though.
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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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I don’t regret nothing.
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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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