To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That’s the reason I’m still alive.
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.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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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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I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
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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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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
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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 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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Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
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My life is full of broken halos.
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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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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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