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Music Quotes by Keith Richards
- Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
- The thing about being a songwriter, once you realize you are one, is that to provide ammo, you start to become an observer. ... You're…
- ... I don't like to go into the studio with all the songs worked out and planned before hand ... you've got to give the…
- You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
- I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.
- You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
- 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…
- I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.
- 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…
- I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn't get bored anywhere.
- Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
- The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
- Some people think I'm a mythical genius, others think I'm a junkie madman.
- There's something beautifully friendly and elevating about a bunch of guys playing music together. This wonderful little world that is unassailable. It's really teamwork, one…
- 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 the bones.
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- Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
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