Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
KEITH RICHARDSEverybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
KEITH RICHARDSWhen you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
KEITH RICHARDSYou get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
KEITH RICHARDSWe age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
KEITH RICHARDSI’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
KEITH RICHARDSI was number 1 on the who’s likely to die list for 10 years. I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.
KEITH RICHARDSPreaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
KEITH RICHARDSI read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
KEITH RICHARDSGuitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
KEITH RICHARDSSome people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
KEITH RICHARDSYou’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
KEITH RICHARDSRock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
KEITH RICHARDSThe rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
KEITH RICHARDSI’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
KEITH RICHARDSI mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
KEITH RICHARDSI’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
KEITH RICHARDS