Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
KEITH RICHARDSI 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.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
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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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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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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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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
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I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing – the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
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What is life but playing with time?
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I only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
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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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