I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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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And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You’ve got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.
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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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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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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 only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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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 don’t regret nothing.
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If you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It’s the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician: ‘He passed it on.’
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
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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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