black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.

Keith Richards

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 RICHARDS

Blue Learning Monastery Realize Sing Thinking
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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Difference Known Myself Planning
Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
KEITH RICHARDS

Life Music Necessary Need
If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
KEITH RICHARDS

Alcohol Wasted Yourself
Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
KEITH RICHARDS

Change Fame Identity Yourself
Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
KEITH RICHARDS

Bad Poison Quantity
I was number 1 on the who’s likely to die list for 10 years. I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.
KEITH RICHARDS

Death Disappointment Myself
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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Invention Life Machine Operation Rock
Yes, I’ve been trepanned. That’s quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.
KEITH RICHARDS

Brain Experience Interesting Myself Quite Thinking
The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
KEITH RICHARDS

Electric Guitar Play Quiet Start
To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it’s very easy in this game to believe you’re something special.
KEITH RICHARDS

Big Fear Game Special Yourself
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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Alone End Myself People Stand
I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
KEITH RICHARDS

Day Feeling Light Time
Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
KEITH RICHARDS

Food Love Song Yourself
I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
KEITH RICHARDS

Children Father Occasion Yourself
It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
KEITH RICHARDS

Addiction Known Myself

One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Keith Richards Quotes