You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
KEITH RICHARDSRock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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I was number 1 on the who’s likely to die list for 10 years. I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.
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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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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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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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When you’re 20, you can’t imagine being 30. When you’re 30, you can’t imagine being 40. When you’re 40, you can’t imagine being 100.
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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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.
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I consider my job [being a musician] is to have a little idea and nurture it and put it in some form that everybody else can understand and then sort of pass it on. It’s really a passing through. In other words, you receive and you transmit.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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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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I 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.
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I don’t trust doctors. It’s not to say there ain’t some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn’t trust ’em at all.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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