If you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
KEITH RICHARDSIf you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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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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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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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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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
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When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
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I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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I don’t regret nothing.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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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.
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There’s a demon in me, and he’s still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
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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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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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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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I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing – the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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I was number 1 on the who’s likely to die list for 10 years. I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.
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