You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
KEITH RICHARDSEverybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
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Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
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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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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
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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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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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But I’ve always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I’m here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.
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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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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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