I’ve never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I’d keep myself amused.
KEITH RICHARDSIf you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
More Keith Richards Quotes
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This is the rock ‘n’ roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
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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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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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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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We all have our own personal laboratories. Life is an experiment, and it’s just a matter of getting the alchemical or chemical combination right.
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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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I’ve never turned blue in someone else’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
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