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.
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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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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I don’t regret nothing.
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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When 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.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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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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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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I’ve never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I’d keep myself amused.
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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
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I was number 1 on the who’s likely to die list for 10 years. I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.
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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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