Keith Richards Quotes
Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn't die of an overdose, he died of fame.

Quotes to Explore
-
You don't have to be something to do something.
-
Education - much like law or medicine - should be a profession governed by professionals. Unfortunately, too many policies, even those that are well-intentioned, come from the top, leaving out those closest to the classroom, who have the greatest insight into how to provide a high-quality education for all students.
-
Death remains about the one certain fact in the lives of each one of us, and there will be suffering, sorrow, and sadness next week as there was last week.
-
If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'
-
I've been fortunate to be working mostly right out of school. Every year, there was a little something, and it kept the confidence going. It's about confidence and the belief.
-
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
-
International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
-
I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.
-
I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.
-
I had an addiction to sugar growing up - major, major, major.
-
In general, I would say I'm probably a little more conscious of looking after my skin since I moved to L.A.
-
The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you.
-
Children in schools need to have something to do with music and learn it the way they do literature, geography and biology.
-
Great writing can be done in biography, history, art.
-
These rejections hurt me terribly because I felt it was my life that was being rejected.
-
I was already in a band, and the teachers called my mum in and said: 'Abbey's so clever, it's a total waste if she follows her dream'. But I never wanted to do a job I didn't love, and I'd always wanted to be a model or an actress or a singer.
-
The Internet is a gift to fashion.
-
As for what I listen to after writing, it could be anything - but I've noticed that if the current book contains music from one tradition, it is music from another tradition that most relaxes me.
-
I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions.
-
I think it'll be an emotional day. It'll be exciting for me, mostly it'll be exciting for them. I'm not going to get to come here a lot, so, it'll be a special day, hopefully.
-
People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.
-
Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.
-
We've said to all the guys they are not there to just develop on tour, they are there to get in the test 22,
-
Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn't die of an overdose, he died of fame.