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.
KEITH RICHARDSWhen 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.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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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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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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What’s the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that’s at a normal job – and I ain’t there yet.
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If you’re cool, you don’t know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain’t.
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I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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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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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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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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