When I listen to what I did under the influence – 10 years of work – I don’t think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn’t have that much to do with it.
KEITH RICHARDSI never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
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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 mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
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Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
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What’s the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that’s at a normal job – and I ain’t there yet.
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To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That’s the reason I’m still alive.
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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 going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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I’m an unpure purist, something like that.
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It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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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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