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.
KEITH RICHARDSIf you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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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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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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What is life but playing with time?
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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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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You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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