I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
KEITH RICHARDSBut 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.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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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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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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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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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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You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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I’m an unpure purist, something like that.
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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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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
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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 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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Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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