I was number 1 on the who’s likely to die list for 10 years. I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.
KEITH RICHARDSYou get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It’s the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician: ‘He passed it on.’
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I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I’ll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It’s a little embarrassing to admit it; I’m an old man now. It’s important to me though.
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I don’t trust doctors. It’s not to say there ain’t some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn’t trust ’em at all.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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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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I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.
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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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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 don’t regret nothing.
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One minute I’m standing at Ronnie Scott’s getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I’m on a marble slab
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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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If you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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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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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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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.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them – they found you ; you just grow into each other
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I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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