Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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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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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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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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I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he’s gonna do tomorrow and I’m just happy to wake up to see who’s hanging around. Mick’s rock and I’m roll.
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This is the rock ‘n’ roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery.
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I don’t regret nothing.
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You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe – and you have the Rolling Stones!
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I’ve never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I’d keep myself amused.
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My life is full of broken halos.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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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 don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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