There’s a demon in me, and he’s still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
KEITH RICHARDSNobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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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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Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you’re a grownup, but it’s not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.
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The public library is the great equaliser.
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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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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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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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I consider my job [being a musician] is to have a little idea and nurture it and put it in some form that everybody else can understand and then sort of pass it on. It’s really a passing through. In other words, you receive and you transmit.
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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing – the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
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My life is full of broken halos.
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Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.
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You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
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