Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
KEITH RICHARDSLet me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
KEITH RICHARDSAnything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
KEITH RICHARDSRock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
KEITH RICHARDSThe rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
KEITH RICHARDSWhat 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.’
KEITH RICHARDSEveryone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
KEITH RICHARDSI mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
KEITH RICHARDSEverybody thinks you reach a certain age and you’re a grownup, but it’s not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.
KEITH RICHARDSThe only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
KEITH RICHARDSI’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
KEITH RICHARDSBut 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 RICHARDSThe electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
KEITH RICHARDSThe Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
KEITH RICHARDSMusic is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
KEITH RICHARDSTo me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That’s the reason I’m still alive.
KEITH RICHARDSWhen I listen to what I did under the influence – 10 years of work – I don’t think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn’t have that much to do with it.
KEITH RICHARDS