Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
KEITH RICHARDSI was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing – the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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I’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
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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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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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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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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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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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Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
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I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing – the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
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