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.
KEITH RICHARDSIt’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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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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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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What is life but playing with time?
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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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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I don’t regret nothing.
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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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To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
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