Keith Richards Quotes - Page 3

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• I'm an unpure purist, something like that.

  Keith Richards

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• Some of my most outrageous nights- I can only believe actually happened because of corroborating evidence. No wonder I'm famous for partying! The ultimate party- if it's any good- you can't remember it.

  Keith Richards

  Party, Believe, Night

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• Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.

  Keith Richards

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• 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

  Ideas, Killing, Killing Yourself

  FaceBook post by Keith Richards from Sep 21, 2010

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• If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.

  Keith Richards

  Feet, Teeth, Use

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You've got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.

  Keith Richards

  Heart, Thinking, Guy

  Keith Richards (2010). “Life”, p.77, Hachette UK

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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.

  Keith Richards

  Imagine

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• To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something special.

  Keith Richards

  Believe, Games, Special

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• I've never turned blue in someone else's
  bathroom. I consider that the height of bad
  manners.

  Keith Richards

  Blue, Height, Bathroom

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• I am not doing it just for the money or for you.I am doing it for me.

  Keith Richards

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• The thing about being a songwriter, once you realize you are one, is that to provide ammo, you start to become an observer. ... You're constantly on the alert. That faculty gets trained in you over the years: observing people, how they react to one another, which in a way makes you weirdly distant. ... It's a little of Peeping Tom, being a song-writer.

  Keith Richards

  Music, Song, Years

  Keith Richards (2010). “Life”, p.127, Hachette UK

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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?

  Keith Richards

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Teacher

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?

  Keith Richards

  Austin, Rooms

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• About myself I have no great illusions. I know what I am. I know what I'm good at. I know what I ain't. I'm always hoping to surprise myself. But I do have a love of music and I do love to communicate it, and that's the best I can do, really. And I can raise a good family, too.

  Keith Richards

  Music Love, Surprise, Good Family

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• Most guys I know are assholes. I have some great asshole friends, but that's not the point. Friendship has got nothing to do with that. It's can you hang, can you talk about this without any feeling of distance between you? Friendship is the diminishing of distance between people. That's what friendship is, and to me it's one of the most important things in the world.

  Keith Richards

  Distance, People, Guy

  "Life". Book by Keith Richards, October 26, 2010.

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• Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.

  Keith Richards

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Rock N Roll

  "Rock & Roll Facts, Figures & Fun". Book by Mike Evans, 2005.

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• Retire? I can't spell the word. I'd play in a wheelchair.

  Keith Richards

  Inspirational, Play, Wheelchairs

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• 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

  Father, Blow, Littles

  NME Interview, www.nme.com. April 4, 2007.

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• I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, "I tried, I can't do it" and give up and don't try it again; they get too discouraged.

  Keith Richards

  Song, Giving Up, Believe

  "Excerpt: New book chronicles Keith Richards interviews". Interview with Whitney Matheson, www.usatoday.com. September 9, 2013.

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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.

  Keith Richards

  Dog, Screw Ups, Good Times

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• I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.

  Keith Richards

  Silly, Way, Laboratory

  "In quotes: Keith Richards", news.bbc.co.uk. April 4, 2007.

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• 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

  Interesting, Flying, Brain

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• 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

  Dope, Demon, These Days

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• You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.

  Keith Richards

  Moon, Rolling, Stones

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• I haven't stopped smoking...anything

  Keith Richards

  Smoking, Havens

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