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.
KEITH RICHARDSAnything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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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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I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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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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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.
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What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It’s the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician: ‘He passed it on.’
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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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I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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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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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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When I listen to what I did under the influence – 10 years of work – I don’t think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn’t have that much to do with it.
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