288 Quotes by Keith Richards

There’s a certain moment when you realize that you’ve actually just left the planet for a bit and that nobody can touch you. You’re elevated because you’re with a bunch of guys that want to do the same thing as you. And when it works, baby, you’ve got wings. You know you’ve been somewhere most people will never get; you’ve been to a special place.

Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.

My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.

I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.

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 this burning energy, especially when i’ve got a guitar in my hands.

Great songs write themselves. You’re just being led by the nose, or the ears. The skill is not to interfere with it too much. Ignore intelligence, ignore everything; just follow it where it takes you.

Some of my most outrageous nights- I can only believe actually happened because of corroborating evidence. No wonder I’m famous for partying! The ultimate party- if it’s any good- you can’t remember it.

Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you’re a grownup, but it’s not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.

What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It’s the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician; HE PASSED IT ON.