Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
KEITH RICHARDSI 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.
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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I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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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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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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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I’ll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It’s a little embarrassing to admit it; I’m an old man now. It’s important to me though.
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Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.
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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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I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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What’s the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that’s at a normal job – and I ain’t there yet.
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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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Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
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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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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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