What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It’s the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician: ‘He passed it on.’
KEITH RICHARDSI never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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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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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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But I’m not here just to make records and money. I’m here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: “Do you know this feeling?
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I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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If you don’t know the blues there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
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To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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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 don’t regret nothing.
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What is life but playing with time?
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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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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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It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
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