I’m an unpure purist, something like that.
KEITH RICHARDSEverybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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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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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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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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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he’s gonna do tomorrow and I’m just happy to wake up to see who’s hanging around. Mick’s rock and I’m roll.
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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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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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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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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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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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