You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
KEITH RICHARDSRock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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But I’ve always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I’m here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.
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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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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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I’m an unpure purist, something like that.
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One minute I’m standing at Ronnie Scott’s getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I’m on a marble slab
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It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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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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I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
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If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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