Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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 don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That’s the reason I’m still alive.
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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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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It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
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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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What’s the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that’s at a normal job – and I ain’t there yet.
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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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To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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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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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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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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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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