I’m an unpure purist, something like that.
KEITH RICHARDSI 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.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It’s the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician: ‘He passed it on.’
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To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
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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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To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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My life is full of broken halos.
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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
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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 only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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I’ve never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I’d keep myself amused.
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