If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
KEITH RICHARDSPreaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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This is the rock ‘n’ roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery.
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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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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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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
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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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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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When I listen to what I did under the influence – 10 years of work – I don’t think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn’t have that much to do with it.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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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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