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.
KEITH RICHARDSRetire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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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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To 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.
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I’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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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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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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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 me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
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I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he’s gonna do tomorrow and I’m just happy to wake up to see who’s hanging around. Mick’s rock and I’m roll.
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