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.
Keith Richards

Music, Rock, Guitar

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
Keith Richards

Rock, Forget, Problem

I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.
Keith Richards

Problem, Problems, Police

Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
Keith Richards

Problem, Police, Clear

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

Both, Might, Feet

It's great to be here. It's great to be anywhere.
Keith Richards

Great, Here, Anywhere

I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
Keith Richards

Live, Mean, Doctor

I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn't get bored anywhere.
Keith Richards

Mean, Give, Bored

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

Sun, Moon, Stones

It's good to be anywhere.
Keith Richards

I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous.
Keith Richards

Life, Writing, Ambiguity

Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
Keith Richards

Music, Rock, Neck

I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
Keith Richards

Thought, Wasted

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.
Keith Richards

Music, Good, Death

I only get ill when I give up drugs.
Keith Richards

It's an addiction... and addiction is something I should know something about.
Keith Richards

The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
Keith Richards

Music, Band, Disagree

To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.
Keith Richards

Technology, Rock, Important

And it was a very, very fruitful and great relationship between the Stones and The Beatles. It was very, very friendly.
Keith Richards

Great, Friendly, Between

Everybody's got a different way of telling a story - and has different stories to tell.
Keith Richards

Different, Tell, Story

The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
Keith Richards

Ultimate, Club, Stones

To me, as long as we've known each other, I've always thought Mick's most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two foot square and give a very exciting performance.
Keith Richards

Work, Long, Give

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

Experience, Brain, Thoughts

You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
Keith Richards

Good, Happy, Onstage

You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe - and you have the Rolling Stones!
Keith Richards

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Nationality: English

Born: December 18, 1943

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