Keith Richards Quotes
There are a lot of kids out there, leaping around onstage now, making pots of money, who have never known a world without the Rolling Stones. For me that`s a weird feeling, because I remember a world without rock and roll, never mind the Rolling Stones.
I`m timeless now, I`m beyond time.
Nobody stops growing, otherwise there`s no point on doing the trip in the first place.
I`ll do it in my wheelchair.
I should be interviewing you. You`ve never known a world without the Rolling Stones. For you, there has always been the sun and the moon and the Rolling Stones. And me? I`ve known Mick Jagger since before rock & roll.
How long can we go on? Forever. We`ll let you know when we keel over.
If you want to live a long life, join the Rolling Stones.
Let me be clear about this. I don`t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
If you`re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
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.
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.
You`ve got the sun, you`ve got the moon, and you`ve got the Rolling Stones.
It`s an addiction... and addiction is something I should know something about.
I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
I look for ambiguity when I`m writing because life is ambiguous.
I`ve never had a problem with drugs. I`ve had problems with the police.
Hey, we just enjoy it. I think we think we`re getting the hang of this thing, you know?
To make a rock`n`roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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.
It`s great to be here. It`s great to be anywhere.
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.
The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
I`ve always been suspicious of TV, I`ve always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.
Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
It`s good to be anywhere.
I only get ill when I give up drugs.
I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
There`s no substitute for live work to keep a band together.
