I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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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I’m an unpure purist, something like that.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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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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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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I don’t regret nothing.
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I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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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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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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There’s a demon in me, and he’s still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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One minute I’m standing at Ronnie Scott’s getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I’m on a marble slab
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When you’re 20, you can’t imagine being 30. When you’re 30, you can’t imagine being 40. When you’re 40, you can’t imagine being 100.
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If you’re cool, you don’t know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain’t.
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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I’ll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It’s a little embarrassing to admit it; I’m an old man now. It’s important to me though.
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It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
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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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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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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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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
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Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you’re a grownup, but it’s not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.
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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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