If you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
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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I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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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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I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
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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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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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The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
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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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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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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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What is life but playing with time?
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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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