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.
KEITH RICHARDSI’m an unpure purist, something like that.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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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’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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When 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.
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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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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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You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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