Keith Richards Quotes

English - Musician Born: December 18, 1943

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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. Keith Richards

Rock And Roll, Other, Roll

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

Love, Communicate, About

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

Telling, Everybody, Stories

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

Feet, Kick, Going

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

Some, Six, Months

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. Keith Richards

Textbook, Roll, Invent

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

Problem, Police, Me

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

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

Rolling, Moon, Stones

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

Piano, String, Give

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

Never, Problem, Police

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

Piano, String, Give

It's good to be anywhere. Keith Richards

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

Rock, Rock And Roll, Music

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

Important, Important Thing

I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage. Keith Richards

Always, Been, TV

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

Here, Anywhere, Great

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

Big, Very, Game

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

Rock, Forget, Problem

Songwriting's a weird game. Keith Richards

Weird, Game, Songwriting

There's no substitute for live work to keep a band together. Keith Richards

Work, Keep, Band

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

Music, Rolling, Moon

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

Over, Over It, TV

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

Very, Great Relationship

You didn't know whether Chuck Berry was black or white - it was not a concern. Keith Richards

Berry, Chuck Berry, White

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

Writing, Because, Ambiguity

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

Very, Could, Say

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