If you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
KEITH RICHARDSA painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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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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I only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
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I don’t regret nothing.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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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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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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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I’ll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It’s a little embarrassing to admit it; I’m an old man now. It’s important to me though.
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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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This is the rock ‘n’ roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery.
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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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