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.
KEITH RICHARDSI mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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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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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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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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There’s a demon in me, and he’s still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
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Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you’re a grownup, but it’s not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.
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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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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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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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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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