If you’re cool, you don’t know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain’t.
KEITH RICHARDSSome people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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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.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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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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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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But I’ve always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I’m here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.
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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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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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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’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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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 wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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I’ve never turned blue in someone else’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
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