I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
KEITH RICHARDSLet me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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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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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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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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What is life but playing with time?
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You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.
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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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