I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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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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’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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We all have our own personal laboratories. Life is an experiment, and it’s just a matter of getting the alchemical or chemical combination right.
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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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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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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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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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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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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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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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I 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.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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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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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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