I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
KEITH RICHARDSThis 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.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
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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 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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My life is full of broken halos.
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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I only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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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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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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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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