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Keith Richards
English
Musician
About the author
It's great to be here. It's great to be anywhere.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
I only get ill when I give up drugs.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Drugs
I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Thought
I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Life
#Writing
#Ambiguity
I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Problems
#Police
#Drugs
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,
English
Musician
#Popular
#Music
#Guitar
If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Authority
#Feet
I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Music
#Marriage
It's good to be anywhere.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Police
Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Music
The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Music
It's an addiction... and addiction is something I should know something about.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Addiction
Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Forget
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,
English
Musician
#Want
#People
#Death
#Music
Hey, we just enjoy it. I think we think we're getting the hang of this thing, you know?
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Idea
There's no substitute for live work to keep a band together.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Work
To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Technology
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,
English
Musician
#Work
#Thought
#Performance
When I listen to what I did under the influence - 10 years of work - I don't think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn't have that much to do with it.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Work
#Years
#Influence
You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician
#Sun
#Moon
The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
Keith Richards,
English
Musician