I’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
KEITH RICHARDSTo make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he’s gonna do tomorrow and I’m just happy to wake up to see who’s hanging around. Mick’s rock and I’m roll.
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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You’ve got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.
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There’s a demon in me, and he’s still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
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I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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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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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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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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