I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
KEITH RICHARDSThe Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.
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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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I consider my job [being a musician] is to have a little idea and nurture it and put it in some form that everybody else can understand and then sort of pass it on. It’s really a passing through. In other words, you receive and you transmit.
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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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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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The public library is the great equaliser.
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I’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
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The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
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You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
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To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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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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