Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
KEITH RICHARDSLove has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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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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There’s a demon in me, and he’s still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
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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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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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The public library is the great equaliser.
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Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you’re a grownup, but it’s not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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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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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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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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