I was number 1 on the who’s likely to die list for 10 years. I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.
KEITH RICHARDSThe Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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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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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
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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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I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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My life is full of broken halos.
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To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it’s very easy in this game to believe you’re something special.
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I’ve never turned blue in someone else’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
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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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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You’ve got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.
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