[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
KEITH RICHARDSGeorge Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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One minute I’m standing at Ronnie Scott’s getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I’m on a marble slab
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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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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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
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Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
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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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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That’s the reason I’m still alive.
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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’ve never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I’d keep myself amused.
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The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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