Keith Richards Quotes
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You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe - and you have the Rolling Stones!
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Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and going for it. You have to sweat over it and bug it to death. You can't do it by pushing buttons and watching a TV screen.
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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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I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.
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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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There was a knock on our dressing-room door. Our manager shouted, 'Keith! Ron! The Police are here!' Oh, man, we panicked, flushed everything down the john. Then the door opened and it was Stewart Copeland and Sting.
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I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
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I thought rock and roll was an unassailable outlet for some pure and natural expression of rebellion. It used to be one channel you could take without ever havin' to kiss arse, you know?
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I don't think rock n' roll songwriters should worry about art. I don't think it comes into it...as far as I'm concerned, Art is just short for Arthur.
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To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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This is the rock 'n' roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery.
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I've never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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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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It's good to be anywhere.
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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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If you say I'm great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
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It's great to be here. It's great to be anywhere.
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When I started, all I wanted to do was play like Chuck Berry...
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Rap - so many words, so little said. What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there. All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they're happy. There’s an enormous market for people who can't tell one note from another.
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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.
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When you're supported by millions all over the world, you can either go nuts, or try to feed off the goodwill.
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You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.
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You don't start to play your guitar thinking you're going to be running an organisation that will maybe generate millions.