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 RICHARDSIt’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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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.
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It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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If you don’t know the blues there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
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Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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What is life but playing with time?
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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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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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing – the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
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The public library is the great equaliser.
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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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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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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he’s gonna do tomorrow and I’m just happy to wake up to see who’s hanging around. Mick’s rock and I’m roll.
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To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That’s the reason I’m still alive.
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When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
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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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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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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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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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