The public library is the great equaliser.
KEITH RICHARDSYou’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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I don’t trust doctors. It’s not to say there ain’t some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn’t trust ’em at all.
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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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And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You’ve got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.
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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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