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.
KEITH RICHARDSThere’s a demon in me, and he’s still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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 one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
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Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you’re a grownup, but it’s not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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What 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.’
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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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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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Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
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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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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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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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