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 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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Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
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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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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 like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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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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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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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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I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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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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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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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
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Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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