--- title: "10 Knows Quotes By Keith Richards" description: "10 Knows quotes by Keith Richards. Plus more from Keith Richards and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/keith-richards-1996_cool_if-you-re-cool-you-don-t-know-nothing-ab_367823.png" --- > [If you're cool, you don't know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/if-you-re-cool-you-don-t-know-nothing-about-it-it-just-is-or-you-ain-t/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/keith-richards-1996_cool_if-you-re-cool-you-don-t-know-nothing-ab_367823.png) > [I don't encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/i-don-t-encourage-anybody-to-do-what-i-do-you-know-why-should-you/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc0/keith-richards-1996_do-you-know_i-don-t-encourage-anybody-to-do-what-i-d_139143.jpg) > [Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/whatever-side-i-take-i-know-well-that-i-will-be-blamed/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/keith-richards-1996_blamed_whatever-side-i-take-i-know-well-that-i_2542334.png) > [I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he's gonna do tomorrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/i-never-plan-anything-which-is-probably-the-difference-between-mick/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b65/keith-richards-1996_differences_i-never-plan-anything-which-is-probably_850856.jpg) > [To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/to-me-the-main-thing-about-living-on-this-planet-is-to-know-who-the/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/keith-richards-1996_alive_to-me-the-main-thing-about-living-on-thi_2012831.png) > [I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/i-read-the-bible-sometimes-but-it-bores-me-to-death-i-just-want-to/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/keith-richards-1996_bible_i-read-the-bible-sometimes-but-it-bores_771575.png) > [It's basically against the whole idea of what always made rock&roll music interesting to me. I thought it was an unassailable outlet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/it-s-basically-against-the-whole-idea-of-what-always-made-rock-roll/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/keith-richards-1996_arses_it-s-basically-against-the-whole-idea-of_1659855.jpg) > [Most guys I know are assholes. I have some great asshole friends, but that's not the point. Friendship has got nothing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/most-guys-i-know-are-assholes-i-have-some-great-asshole-friends-but/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/keith-richards-1996_distance_most-guys-i-know-are-assholes-i-have-som_1151962.jpg) > [There's just certain styles of playing that you do play in your own way. Maybe it's in the way your fingers bend,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/there-s-just-certain-styles-of-playing-that-you-do-play-in-your-own/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/keith-richards-1996_add_there-s-just-certain-styles-of-playing-t_1694825.png) > [You're sitting with some guys, and you're playing and you go, "Ooh, yeah!" That feeling is worth more than anything. There's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/you-re-sitting-with-some-guys-and-you-re-playing-and-you-go-ooh-yeah/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/keith-richards-1996_baby_you-re-sitting-with-some-guys-and-you-re_406587.png) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Keith Richards > [“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/when-you-are-growing-up-there-are-two-institutional-places-that/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) > [“Wild Horses" started in a B-minor chord, and Stu didn't play minor chords, "fucking Chinese music.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/wild-horses-started-in-a-b-minor-chord-and-stu-didn-t-play-minor/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) > [“And you listen to some of that meticulous Mozart stuff and Vivaldi and you realize that they knew that too. They knew when to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/and-you-listen-to-some-of-that-meticulous-mozart-stuff-and-vivaldi/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) > [Everybody's got a different way of telling a story - and has different stories to tell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/everybody-s-got-a-different-way-of-telling-a-story-and-has-different/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) > [Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/let-me-be-clear-about-this-i-don-t-have-a-drug-problem-i-have-a/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/it-s-called-the-mysterious-rhythm-of-life-i-can-t-quite-account-for/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) > [I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/i-never-thought-i-was-wasted-but-i-probably-was/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) > [I don't encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/i-don-t-encourage-anybody-to-do-what-i-do-you-know-why-should-you/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/the-idea-of-retiring-is-like-killing-yourself-it-s-almost-like-hari/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) > [“La gente me pregunta "por qué no lo dejas?". El hecho es que no me puedo retirar hasta que no estire la pata. Creo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/la-gente-me-pregunta-por-qu-no-lo-dejas-el-hecho-es-que-no-me-puedo/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) > [Before Elvis, everything was in black and white. Then came Elvis. Zoom, glorious Technicolor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/before-elvis-everything-was-in-black-and-white-then-came-elvis-zoom/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) > [There's no substitute for live work to keep a band together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/there-s-no-substitute-for-live-work-to-keep-a-band-together/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/but-i-ve-always-felt-very-comfortable-on-stage-even-if-i-screw-up-it/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) > [I'm not getting old I'm evolving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/i-m-not-getting-old-i-m-evolving/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) > [I'm an unpure purist, something like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-richards/i-m-an-unpure-purist-something-like-that/) [Keith Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-richards/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/keith-richards/#itemlist", "name": "10 Knows Quotes By Keith Richards", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're cool, you don't know nothing about it. 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