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.
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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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
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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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Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.
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My life is full of broken halos.
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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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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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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 a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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I don’t regret nothing.
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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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The public library is the great equaliser.
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I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
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