If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
KEITH RICHARDSI haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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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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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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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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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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To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it’s very easy in this game to believe you’re something special.
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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