I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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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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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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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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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My life is full of broken halos.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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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 like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
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One minute I’m standing at Ronnie Scott’s getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I’m on a marble slab
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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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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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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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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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