But I’ve always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I’m here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.
KEITH RICHARDSFame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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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’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
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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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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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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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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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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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You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
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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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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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I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he’s gonna do tomorrow and I’m just happy to wake up to see who’s hanging around. Mick’s rock and I’m roll.
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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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