You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll. — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
One of the great things about songwrighting; it's not an intellectual experience — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Everything they’d been brought up not to do, they could do at a rock-and-roll show. — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you. — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do. — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life. — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Treat each guitar track-and each song-completely different. For example, if I'm using a certain amp and guitar on one track, I'll deliberately… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Songwriting's a weird game. I never intended to become one - I fell into this by mistake, and I can't get out… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and going for it. You have to sweat… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
And it was a very, very fruitful and great relationship between the Stones and The Beatles. It was very, very friendly. — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
“To write a song that is remembered and taken to heart," Richards notes, "is a connection, a touching of bases. A thread… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
The electric guitar was vital in helping what I've achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start. — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
The only new technology that interests me is when it sort of throws me back soundwise. And I can think, "Wow, that… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
There's just certain styles of playing that you do play in your own way. Maybe it's in the way your fingers bend,… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
What interested me about Chuck Berry was the way he could step out of the rhythm part with such ease, throwing in… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
The thing about being a songwriter, once you realize you are one, is that to provide ammo, you start to become an… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
“I firmly believe if you want to be a guitar player, you better start on acoustic and then graduate to electric. Don’t… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
“And you listen to some of that meticulous Mozart stuff and Vivaldi and you realize that they knew that too. They knew… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
“The thing about being a songwriter is,even if you been fucked over, you can find consolation in writing about it, and pour… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
One guy can ruin an instrument. Jimi Hendrix, bless his heart - how I wish he was still around - almost inadvertently… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
... I don't like to go into the studio with all the songs worked out and planned before hand ... you've got… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
“We were in Mississippi. We’d been playing this music, and it had all been very respectful, but then we were actually there… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
We do what we want to do. We write songs. We try not to repeat ourselves too much. We have our own… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
What is it that makes you want to write songs? In a way you want to stretch yourself into other people’s hearts.… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him. — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they're asleep. — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing - the melodic touch, a beautiful… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Art is the last thing I'm worried about when I'm writing a song. As far as I'm concerned, art is just short… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
A gut-string classical Spanish guitar, a sweet, lovely little lady. The smell of it. Even now, to open a guitar case, when… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public… — Keith Richards Copy Share
“Wild Horses" started in a B-minor chord, and Stu didn't play minor chords, "fucking Chinese music.” — Keith Richards Copy Share
“And you listen to some of that meticulous Mozart stuff and Vivaldi and you realize that they knew that too. They knew when to… — Keith Richards Copy Share
Everybody's got a different way of telling a story - and has different stories to tell. — Keith Richards Copy Share
Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem. — Keith Richards Copy Share
It's called the mysterious rhythm of life, ... I can't quite account for it. It's probably an addiction, quite honestly. I need that shot… — Keith Richards Copy Share
I don't encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me! — Keith Richards Copy Share
The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It's almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history. — Keith Richards Copy Share
“La gente me pregunta "por qué no lo dejas?". El hecho es que no me puedo retirar hasta que no estire la pata. Creo… — Keith Richards Copy Share
Before Elvis, everything was in black and white. Then came Elvis. Zoom, glorious Technicolor. — Keith Richards Copy Share
But I've always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss… — Keith Richards Copy Share
