I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
KEITH RICHARDSI’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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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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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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Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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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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I don’t trust doctors. It’s not to say there ain’t some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn’t trust ’em at all.
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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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I’ve never turned blue in someone else’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
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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 get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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