I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
KEITH RICHARDSYou know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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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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I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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I only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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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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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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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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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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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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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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