I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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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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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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I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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If you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
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You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
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You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
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I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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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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I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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