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.
KEITH RICHARDSYes, I’ve been trepanned. That’s quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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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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You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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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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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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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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I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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I’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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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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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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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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