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.
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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Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
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What’s the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that’s at a normal job – and I ain’t there yet.
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
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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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Yes, I’ve been trepanned. That’s quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing – the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
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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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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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I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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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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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 all have our own personal laboratories. Life is an experiment, and it’s just a matter of getting the alchemical or chemical combination right.
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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 look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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When you’re 20, you can’t imagine being 30. When you’re 30, you can’t imagine being 40. When you’re 40, you can’t imagine being 100.
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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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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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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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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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But I’m not here just to make records and money. I’m here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: “Do you know this feeling?
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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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