It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
KEITH RICHARDSSome people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I was number 1 on the who’s likely to die list for 10 years. I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.
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I’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
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I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
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I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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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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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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If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
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Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
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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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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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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.
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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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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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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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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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