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.
KEITH RICHARDSI occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.
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We all have our own personal laboratories. Life is an experiment, and it’s just a matter of getting the alchemical or chemical combination right.
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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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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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I don’t trust doctors. It’s not to say there ain’t some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn’t trust ’em at all.
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You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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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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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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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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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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