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Keith Richards quotes: You don't find a style. A style finds you You don't find a style. A style finds you
Keith Richards quotes: If you've gotta think about being cool, you ain't cool. If you've gotta think about being cool, you ain't cool.
Keith Richards quotes: Everybody's got a different way of telling a story - and has different stories to tell. Everybody's got a different way of telling a story - and has different stories to tell.
Keith Richards quotes: The rock's easy, but the roll is another thing... The rock's easy, but the roll is another thing...
Keith Richards quotes: I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory. I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
Keith Richards quotes: What is life but playing with time? What is life but playing with time?
Keith Richards quotes: I don't encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me! I don't encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
Keith Richards quotes: Poison's not bad. It's a matter of how much. Poison's not bad. It's a matter of how much.
Keith Richards quotes: We bought Candy Twirls and Bull's-Eyes and Licorice & Blackcurrant. We weren't going to lower ourselves and score at the supermarket, were we? We bought Candy Twirls and Bull's-Eyes and Licorice & Blackcurrant. We weren't going to lower ourselves and score at the supermarket, were we?
Keith Richards quotes: If you say I'm great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know? If you say I'm great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
Keith Richards quotes: I don't wave a flag for anything. I'm a musician. I don't wave a flag for anything. I'm a
musician.
Keith Richards quotes: Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either. Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
Keith Richards quotes: There's no substitute for live work to keep a band together. There's no substitute for live work to keep a band together.
Keith Richards quotes: Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you. Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.
Keith Richards quotes: Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life. Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
Keith Richards quotes: Before Elvis, everything was in black and white. Then came Elvis. Zoom, glorious Technicolor. Before Elvis, everything was in black and white. Then came Elvis. Zoom, glorious Technicolor.
Keith Richards quotes: To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing. To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.
Keith Richards quotes: Rap-so many words, so little said. Rap-so many words, so little said.
Keith Richards quotes: I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous. I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous.
Keith Richards quotes: 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. 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.
Keith Richards quotes: I'm all for a quiet life. I just didn't get one. I'm all for a quiet life. I just didn't get one.
Keith Richards quotes: I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. 'Here, Dad' - or more likely, 'Dad, have you got any?' I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. 'Here, Dad' - or more likely, 'Dad, have you got any?'
Keith Richards quotes: Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll. Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
Keith Richards quotes: One minute I'm standing at Ronnie Scott's getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I'm on a marble slab One minute I'm standing at Ronnie Scott's getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I'm on a marble slab
Keith Richards quotes: If you're cool, you don't know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain't. If you're cool, you don't know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain't.
Keith Richards quotes: If you're gonna get wasted, get wasted elegantly. If you're gonna get wasted, get wasted elegantly.
Keith Richards quotes: You didn't know whether Chuck Berry was black or white - it was not a concern. You didn't know whether Chuck Berry was black or white - it was not a concern.
Keith Richards quotes: George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently. George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
Keith Richards quotes: You can't accuse me of anything I haven't already confessed to. You can't accuse me of anything I haven't already confessed to.
Keith Richards quotes: A familiar Gusism was to greet a friend with 'Hello, don't be a cunt all your life. A familiar Gusism was to greet a friend with 'Hello, don't be a cunt all your life.
Keith Richards quotes: We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain. We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
Keith Richards quotes: My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
Keith Richards quotes: I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn't get bored anywhere. I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn't get bored anywhere.
Keith Richards quotes: The electric guitar meant that you could have a band with a drummer and a couple of guitars. And that put a lot of horn players out of work. The electric guitar meant that you could have a band with a drummer and a couple of guitars. And that put a lot of horn players out of work.
Keith Richards quotes: I'm an unpure purist, something like that. I'm an unpure purist, something like that.
Keith Richards quotes: Classic of '43. Don't knock it. A Vintage year. Classic of '43. Don't knock it. A Vintage year.
Keith Richards quotes: Why would you want to be anything else if you're Mick Jagger? Why would you want to be anything else if you're Mick Jagger?
Keith Richards quotes: [John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards. [John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
Keith Richards quotes: When I started, all I wanted to do was play like Chuck (Berry) When I started, all I wanted to do was play like Chuck (Berry)
Keith Richards quotes: Everything they'd been brought up not to do, they could do at a rock-and-roll show. Everything they'd been brought up not to do, they could do at a rock-and-roll show.
Keith Richards quotes: True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them - they found you ; you just grow into each other True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them - they found you ; you just grow into each other
Keith Richards quotes: I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage. I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.
Keith Richards quotes: It's an addiction ... and addiction is something I should know something about. It's an addiction ... and addiction is something I should know something about.
Keith Richards quotes: I'm glad to be here. I'm glad to be anywhere. I'm glad to be here. I'm glad to be anywhere.
Keith Richards quotes: Some things get better with age. Like me. Some things get better with age. Like me.
Keith Richards quotes: I was husband for a week. Changed the baby's diapers. There's somebody in a suburb in Melbourne who doesn't even know i wiped his ass I was husband for a week. Changed the baby's diapers. There's somebody in a suburb in Melbourne who doesn't even know i wiped his ass
Keith Richards quotes: The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do. The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
Keith Richards quotes: Love has sold more songs than you've had hot dinners. Love has sold more songs than you've had hot dinners.
Keith Richards quotes: Hey, we just enjoy it. I think we think we're getting the hang of this thing, you know? Hey, we just enjoy it. I think we think we're getting the hang of this thing, you know?
Keith Richards quotes: I'm free of hypochondria although I've got everything else. I'm free of hypochondria
although I've got
everything else.
Keith Richards quotes: I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room? I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
Keith Richards quotes: I don't regret nuthin... I don't regret nuthin...
Keith Richards quotes: If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet. If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
Keith Richards quotes: The addiction was all about looking for oblivion, for forgetting, the contortions we go through just enough to be ourselves for a few hours. The addiction was all about looking for oblivion, for forgetting, the contortions we go through just enough to be ourselves for a few hours.
Keith Richards quotes: I've been through more cold turkeys than there are freezers. I've been through more cold turkeys than there are freezers.
Keith Richards quotes: All the contortions we go through just not to be ourselves for a few hours. All the contortions we go through just not to be ourselves for a few hours.
Keith Richards quotes: When you're supported by millions all over the world, you can either go nuts, or try to feed off the goodwill. When you're supported by millions all over the world, you can either go nuts, or try to feed off the goodwill.
Keith Richards quotes: I am not doing it just for the money or for you.I am doing it for me. I am not doing it just for the money or for you.I am doing it for me.
Keith Richards quotes: You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good. You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
Keith Richards quotes: I've got nothing against daylight. I don't live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time. I've got nothing against daylight. I don't live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
Keith Richards quotes: We're both pretty lousy, but together we are better than ten others. We're both pretty lousy, but together we are better than ten others.
Keith Richards quotes: We are not old men. We are not worried about petty morals. We are not old men. We are not worried about petty morals.
Keith Richards quotes: 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. 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.
Keith Richards quotes: There's a demon in me, and he's still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days. There's a demon in me, and he's still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
Keith Richards quotes: I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was. I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
Keith Richards quotes: To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence. To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
Keith Richards quotes: It's good to be anywhere. It's good to be anywhere.
Keith Richards quotes: I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating. I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
Keith Richards quotes: To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you. To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
Keith Richards quotes: The public library is the great equaliser. The public library is the great equaliser.
Keith Richards quotes: Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of. Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
Keith Richards quotes: To me, it's important to prove that this isn't just teenage kids' s**t and you should feel embarrassed when you're over forty and still doing it. To me, it's important to prove that this isn't just teenage kids' s**t and you should feel embarrassed when you're over forty and still doing it.
Keith Richards quotes: Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you're a grownup, but it's not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak. Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you're a grownup, but it's not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.
Keith Richards quotes: 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. 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.
Keith Richards quotes: Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money
Keith Richards quotes: It's really good to be here and as I always say, it's really good to be anywhere! It's really good to be here and as I always say, it's really good to be anywhere!
Keith Richards quotes: I only get ill when I give up drugs. I only get ill when I give up drugs.
Keith Richards quotes: It's one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It's another thing to play with him. It's one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It's another thing to play with him.
Keith Richards quotes: 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. 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 Richards quotes: Wild Horses" started in a B-minor chord, and Stu didn't play minor chords, "fucking Chinese music. Wild Horses" started in a B-minor chord, and Stu didn't play minor chords, "fucking Chinese music.
Keith Richards quotes: You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it. You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
Keith Richards quotes: I'm not getting old I'm evolving. I'm not getting old I'm evolving.
Keith Richards quotes: Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications. Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
Keith Richards quotes: And it was a very, very fruitful and great relationship between the Stones and The Beatles. It was very, very friendly. And it was a very, very fruitful and great relationship between the Stones and The Beatles. It was very, very friendly.
Keith Richards quotes: I've never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself. I've never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
Keith Richards quotes: Art is the last thing I'm worried about when I'm writing a song. As far as I'm concerned, art is just short for 'Arthur.' Art is the last thing I'm worried about when I'm writing a song. As far as I'm concerned, art is just short for 'Arthur.'
Keith Richards quotes: I don't trust doctors. It's not to say there ain't some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn't trust 'em at all. I don't trust doctors. It's not to say there ain't some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn't trust 'em at all.
Keith Richards quotes: You can't always get what you want, but if you really need something, you usually find it. You can't always get what you want, but if you really need something, you usually find it.
Keith Richards quotes: Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole
Keith Richards quotes: The electric guitar was vital in helping what I've achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start. The electric guitar was vital in helping what I've achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
Keith Richards quotes: Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards. Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
Keith Richards quotes: 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. 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.
Keith Richards quotes: 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. 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.
Keith Richards quotes: You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones. You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.
Keith Richards quotes: Rock n Roll is music from the neck down. Rock n Roll is music from the neck down.
Keith Richards quotes: Retire? I can't spell the word. I'd play in a wheelchair. Retire? I can't spell the word. I'd play in a wheelchair.
Keith Richards quotes: If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they're asleep. If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they're asleep.
Keith Richards quotes: My life is full of broken halos. My life is full of broken halos.
Keith Richards quotes: One of the great things about songwrighting; it's not an intellectual experience One of the great things about songwrighting; it's not an intellectual experience
Keith Richards quotes: I don't have a problem with drugs, I have a problem with policemen. I don't have a problem with drugs, I have a problem with policemen.

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