But I’m not here just to make records and money. I’m here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: “Do you know this feeling?
KEITH RICHARDSNobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I’ll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It’s a little embarrassing to admit it; I’m an old man now. It’s important to me though.
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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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If you’re cool, you don’t know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain’t.
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Yes, I’ve been trepanned. That’s quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.
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To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
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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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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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You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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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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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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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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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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