The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
KEITH RICHARDSEverybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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 only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
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Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
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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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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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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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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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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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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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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 an unpure purist, something like that.
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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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