One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
KEITH RICHARDSTo 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.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
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If you’re cool, you don’t know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain’t.
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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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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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Yes, I’ve been trepanned. That’s quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.
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If you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
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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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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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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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It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
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It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
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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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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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