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 RICHARDSNobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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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.
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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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Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
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If you’re cool, you don’t know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain’t.
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
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What is life but playing with time?
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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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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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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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’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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