Music 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 RICHARDSRock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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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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I’ve never turned blue in someone else’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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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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We all have our own personal laboratories. Life is an experiment, and it’s just a matter of getting the alchemical or chemical combination right.
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Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
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I don’t regret nothing.
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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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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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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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