I’m an unpure purist, something like that.
KEITH RICHARDSA painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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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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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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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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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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What is life but playing with time?
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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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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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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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My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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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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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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My life is full of broken halos.
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