Occupation: Musician Birth: December 18, 1943
It made me sick - my name's Keith Richards. It hardly makes it against Howlin' Wolf or Muddy Waters, does it? On my first guitar I had Boy Blue writt….
I don't think rock n' roll songwriters should worry about art. I don't think it comes into it...as far as I'm concerned, Art is just short for Arthur..
If you've gotta think about being cool, you ain't cool..
In fact, I take the view that God, in his infinite wisdom, didn't bother to spring for two joints - heaven and hell. They're the same place, but heav….
It might appear that nothing is happening, but that's actually when it really happens..
I can sustain the impetus over the long tours we do is by feeding off the energy that we get back from an audience. That's my fuel. All i've got is t….
Another thing to do with the blues is how they were recorded. They were done on the quick, and some of that stuff was made on wire, not even tape, le….
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..
I don't know if people in New York recognize me or not. I'm not really conscious of it. If somebody stops me, then I suddenly realize that people are….
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 ca….
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 ….
There's a demon in me, and he's still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days..
To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That's the reason I'm still alive..
Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications..
Everybody's got a different way of telling a story - and has different stories to tell..
From the 12th Congressional District Hopeful William Jefferson Clinton during the Nixon investigations. I wanted to share some information I've turn….
I've never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself..
There's something beautifully friendly and elevating about a bunch of guys playing music together. This wonderful little world that is unassailable. ….
I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he's gonna do tomorrow and I'm just happy to….
I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?.
There's just certain styles of playing that you do play in your own way. Maybe it's in the way your fingers bend, for all I know. And so whenever you….