I consider my job [being a musician] is to have a little idea and nurture it and put it in some form that everybody else can understand and then sort of pass it on. It’s really a passing through. In other words, you receive and you transmit.
KEITH RICHARDSSongwriting’s a weird game.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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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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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
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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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True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them – they found you ; you just grow into each other
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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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I don’t regret nothing.
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I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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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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