If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
KEITH RICHARDSSome people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
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What’s the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that’s at a normal job – and I ain’t there yet.
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The public library is the great equaliser.
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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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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You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
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Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.
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I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
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I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
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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.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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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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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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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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