I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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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I only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
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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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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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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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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
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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’m an unpure purist, something like that.
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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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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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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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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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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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