I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
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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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 mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
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Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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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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I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
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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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I’m an unpure purist, something like that.
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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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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If you’re cool, you don’t know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain’t.
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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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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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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 don’t know the blues there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
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