I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
KEITH RICHARDSIf you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
More Keith Richards Quotes
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To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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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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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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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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When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
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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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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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