Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
KEITH RICHARDSRock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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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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I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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What’s the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that’s at a normal job – and I ain’t there yet.
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If you don’t know the blues there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
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Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you’re a grownup, but it’s not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.
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And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You’ve got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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I don’t regret nothing.
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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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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Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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