I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
KEITH RICHARDSMy father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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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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To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it’s very easy in this game to believe you’re something special.
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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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Yes, I’ve been trepanned. That’s quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.
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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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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.’
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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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It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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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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I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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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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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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