I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
KEITH RICHARDSWhat is life but playing with time?
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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I’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
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One minute I’m standing at Ronnie Scott’s getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I’m on a marble slab
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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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The public library is the great equaliser.
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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But I’ve always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I’m here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.
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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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I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
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You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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