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.
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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I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
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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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I’ve never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I’d keep myself amused.
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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 you’re 20, you can’t imagine being 30. When you’re 30, you can’t imagine being 40. When you’re 40, you can’t imagine being 100.
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If you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
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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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My life is full of broken halos.
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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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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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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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Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
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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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