It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
KEITH RICHARDSBut I’ve always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I’m here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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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.
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You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe – and you have the Rolling Stones!
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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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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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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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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 only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
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If you don’t know the blues there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
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