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.
KEITH RICHARDSI like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
More Keith Richards Quotes
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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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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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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’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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You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
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It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
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What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It’s the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician: ‘He passed it on.’
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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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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The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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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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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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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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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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What is life but playing with time?
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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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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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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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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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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe – and you have the Rolling Stones!
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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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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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