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.
KEITH RICHARDSYou see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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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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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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I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
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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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When you’re 20, you can’t imagine being 30. When you’re 30, you can’t imagine being 40. When you’re 40, you can’t imagine being 100.
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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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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
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Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.
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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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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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