If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
KEITH RICHARDSI never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he’s gonna do tomorrow and I’m just happy to wake up to see who’s hanging around. Mick’s rock and I’m roll.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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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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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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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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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
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