I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
KEITH RICHARDSYou can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
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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 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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One minute I’m standing at Ronnie Scott’s getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I’m on a marble slab
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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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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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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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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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I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.
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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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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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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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