It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
KEITH RICHARDSWhat 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.’
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
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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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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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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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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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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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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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I 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.
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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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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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