You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
KEITH RICHARDSEverybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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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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What is life but playing with time?
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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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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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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When I listen to what I did under the influence – 10 years of work – I don’t think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn’t have that much to do with it.
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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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I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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