You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
KEITH RICHARDSWhy would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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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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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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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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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.
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What is life but playing with time?
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I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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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 am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.
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