Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
KEITH RICHARDSWhat is life but playing with time?
More Keith Richards Quotes
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You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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I’ve never turned blue in someone else’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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I’ve never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I’d keep myself amused.
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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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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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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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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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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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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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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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If you don’t know the blues there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
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