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?
KEITH RICHARDSI 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.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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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’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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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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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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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.
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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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I’ve never turned blue in someone else’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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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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The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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