You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
KEITH RICHARDSTo me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
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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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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I’ll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It’s a little embarrassing to admit it; I’m an old man now. It’s important to me though.
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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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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I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
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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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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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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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I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.
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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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