If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
KEITH RICHARDSOne minute I’m standing at Ronnie Scott’s getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I’m on a marble slab
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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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 only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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My life is full of broken halos.
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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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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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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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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing – the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
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Yes, I’ve been trepanned. That’s quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.
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To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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