I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
KEITH RICHARDSI never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I’ll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It’s a little embarrassing to admit it; I’m an old man now. It’s important to me though.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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I’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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The public library is the great equaliser.
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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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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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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.
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Yes, I’ve been trepanned. That’s quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.
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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’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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