We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
KEITH RICHARDSThe electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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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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I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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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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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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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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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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I 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.
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I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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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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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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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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I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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