We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
KEITH RICHARDSWe age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
KEITH RICHARDSGeorge Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
KEITH RICHARDSRetire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
KEITH RICHARDSWhen you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
KEITH RICHARDSI’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
KEITH RICHARDSYou’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
KEITH RICHARDSWhen 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.
KEITH RICHARDSWhat’s the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that’s at a normal job – and I ain’t there yet.
KEITH RICHARDSEveryone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
KEITH RICHARDSEverybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
KEITH RICHARDSIt might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
KEITH RICHARDSI’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
KEITH RICHARDSYou see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
KEITH RICHARDSTo 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 RICHARDSIt’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
KEITH RICHARDSIf you’re cool, you don’t know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain’t.
KEITH RICHARDS