I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
KEITH RICHARDSThe rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them – they found you ; you just grow into each other
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I’ve never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I’d keep myself amused.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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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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Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
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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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You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
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When you’re 20, you can’t imagine being 30. When you’re 30, you can’t imagine being 40. When you’re 40, you can’t imagine being 100.
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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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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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There’s a demon in me, and he’s still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
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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 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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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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