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.
KEITH RICHARDSMusic works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
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If you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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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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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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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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I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.
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It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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My life is full of broken halos.
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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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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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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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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.
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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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