Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
KEITH RICHARDSI’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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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 don’t regret nothing.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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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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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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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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Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
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If you don’t know the blues there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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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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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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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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It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
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