And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You’ve got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.
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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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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To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That’s the reason I’m still alive.
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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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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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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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When you’re 20, you can’t imagine being 30. When you’re 30, you can’t imagine being 40. When you’re 40, you can’t imagine being 100.
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True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them – they found you ; you just grow into each other
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I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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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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I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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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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I don’t trust doctors. It’s not to say there ain’t some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn’t trust ’em at all.
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