But I’m not here just to make records and money. I’m here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: “Do you know this feeling?
KEITH RICHARDSWhen you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I don’t regret nothing.
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You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe – and you have the Rolling Stones!
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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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What is life but playing with time?
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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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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Yes, I’ve been trepanned. That’s quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.
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It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
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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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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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Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
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