I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
KEITH RICHARDSI mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
KEITH RICHARDSGeorge Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
KEITH RICHARDSEverybody thinks you reach a certain age and you’re a grownup, but it’s not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.
KEITH RICHARDSTo 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.
KEITH RICHARDSMusic works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.
KEITH RICHARDSTo 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 RICHARDSSongwriting’s a weird game.
KEITH RICHARDSLet me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
KEITH RICHARDSSome people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
KEITH RICHARDSNo broken hearts, no broken necks.
KEITH RICHARDSMusic is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.
KEITH RICHARDSYou see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
KEITH RICHARDSWhat 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.’
KEITH RICHARDSThe electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
KEITH RICHARDSFame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
KEITH RICHARDSIf you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
KEITH RICHARDS