Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
KEITH RICHARDSEverybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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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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 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.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
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Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.
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I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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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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I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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