I 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.
KEITH RICHARDSIf you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That’s the reason I’m still alive.
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You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You’ve got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.
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What is life but playing with time?
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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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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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I consider my job [being a musician] is to have a little idea and nurture it and put it in some form that everybody else can understand and then sort of pass it on. It’s really a passing through. In other words, you receive and you transmit.
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True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them – they found you ; you just grow into each other
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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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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I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
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