More from Keith Richards
Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards When 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.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards I’ve never turned blue in someone else’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards But 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.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards Some things get better with age. Like me.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards I only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
Keith RichardsKeith Richards
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Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
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Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
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Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
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I guess I’m a little weird. I like to talk to trees and animals. That’s okay though; I have more fun than most people.
Bob RossBob Ross Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful and magical person that you are.
Kylia JaneKylia Jane I’m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.
Lewis CarrollLewis Carroll A little weirdness is enough to enjoy life & a little ignorance to avoid the problems.
Sam GilbertSam Gilbert I don’t mind being called a weirdo.
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