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.
KEITH RICHARDS[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That’s the reason I’m still alive.
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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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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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I was number 1 on the who’s likely to die list for 10 years. I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.
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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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My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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When I listen to what I did under the influence – 10 years of work – I don’t think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn’t have that much to do with it.
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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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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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