Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
KEITH RICHARDSWe all have our own personal laboratories. Life is an experiment, and it’s just a matter of getting the alchemical or chemical combination right.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
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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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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
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When you’re 20, you can’t imagine being 30. When you’re 30, you can’t imagine being 40. When you’re 40, you can’t imagine being 100.
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I don’t trust doctors. It’s not to say there ain’t some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn’t trust ’em at all.
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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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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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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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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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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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If you’re cool, you don’t know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain’t.
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I’m an unpure purist, something like that.
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