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.
KEITH RICHARDSIt’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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 looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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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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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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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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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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I don’t regret nothing.
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When you’re 20, you can’t imagine being 30. When you’re 30, you can’t imagine being 40. When you’re 40, you can’t imagine being 100.
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I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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I only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
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