The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
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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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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I don’t regret nothing.
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I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.
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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
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My life is full of broken halos.
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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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This is the rock ‘n’ roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery.
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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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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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