I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
KEITH RICHARDSWhen 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.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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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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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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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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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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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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Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
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When you’re 20, you can’t imagine being 30. When you’re 30, you can’t imagine being 40. When you’re 40, you can’t imagine being 100.
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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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