You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
KEITH RICHARDSFame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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When I listen to what I did under the influence – 10 years of work – I don’t think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn’t have that much to do with it.
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Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
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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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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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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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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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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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I’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
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You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
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My life is full of broken halos.
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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
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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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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.
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