Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
KEITH RICHARDSYou have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe – and you have the Rolling Stones!
More Keith Richards Quotes
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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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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You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
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I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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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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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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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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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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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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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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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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