What’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 RICHARDSRetire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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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.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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My life is full of broken halos.
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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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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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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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I’ve never turned blue in someone else’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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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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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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