I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
KEITH RICHARDSTo a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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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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I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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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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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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I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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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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I don’t regret nothing.
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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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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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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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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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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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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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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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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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