I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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 haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I’ll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It’s a little embarrassing to admit it; I’m an old man now. It’s important to me though.
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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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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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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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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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I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
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I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing – the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
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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 wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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The public library is the great equaliser.
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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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