I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
KEITH RICHARDSMusic 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.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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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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This is the rock ‘n’ roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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What is life but playing with time?
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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I’ll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It’s a little embarrassing to admit it; I’m an old man now. It’s important to me though.
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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But I’m not here just to make records and money. I’m here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: “Do you know this feeling?
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I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.
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I don’t regret nothing.
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I only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
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