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.
KEITH RICHARDSI never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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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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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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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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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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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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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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You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
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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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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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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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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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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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