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.
KEITH RICHARDSIt’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
More Keith Richards Quotes
-
-
Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
KEITH RICHARDS -
We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
KEITH RICHARDS -
I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
KEITH RICHARDS -
My life is full of broken halos.
KEITH RICHARDS -
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.
KEITH RICHARDS -
To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it’s very easy in this game to believe you’re something special.
KEITH RICHARDS -
Songwriting’s a weird game.
KEITH RICHARDS -
But I’m not here just to make records and money. I’m here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: “Do you know this feeling?
KEITH 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 RICHARDS -
You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe – and you have the Rolling Stones!
KEITH RICHARDS -
If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
KEITH 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 RICHARDS -
I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
KEITH RICHARDS -
I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
KEITH RICHARDS -
Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
KEITH RICHARDS