But 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.
KEITH RICHARDSIf you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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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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Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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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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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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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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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you’re a grownup, but it’s not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.
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When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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