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