288 Quotes by Keith Richards

Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?

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 wake up to see who’s hanging around. Mick’s rock and I’m roll.

I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.

I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.

There’s no substitute for live work to keep a band together.

Hey, we just enjoy it. I think we think we’re getting the hang of this thing, you know?

We’ve got the sound and we know we can find it one way or another if we’ve got the song – we’ll chase the damn thing all around the room, up to the ceiling. We know we’ve got it and we’ll lock on to it and find it.

Songwriting’s a weird game.

Mick’s album was called She’s the Boss, which said it all. I’ve never listened to the entire thing all the way through. Who has? It’s like Mein Kampf. Everybody had a copy, but nobody listened to it.