The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
KEITH RICHARDSI’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.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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I was number 1 on the who’s likely to die list for 10 years. I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.
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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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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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I’m an unpure purist, something like that.
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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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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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I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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