Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
KEITH RICHARDSIf you’re cool, you don’t know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain’t.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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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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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
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True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them – they found you ; you just grow into each other
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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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Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
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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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