It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
KEITH RICHARDSIf you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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If you don’t know the blues there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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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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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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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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You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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The public library is the great equaliser.
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Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
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