It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
KEITH RICHARDSThe electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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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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I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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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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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
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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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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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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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It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
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