Quotes By Keith Richards

I only get ill when I give up drugs.

You don't start to play your guitar thinking you're going to be running an organisation that will maybe generate millions.

And it was a very, very fruitful and great relationship between the Stones and The Beatles. It was very, very friendly.

I don't trust doctors. It's not to say there ain't some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn't trust 'em at all.

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

Yes, I've been trepanned. That's quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.

It's an addiction... and addiction is something I should know something about.

Songwriting's a weird game.

Everybody's got a different way of telling a story - and has different stories to tell.

Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem.

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 bug it to death. You can't do it by pushing buttons and watching a TV screen.

You didn't know whether Chuck Berry was black or white - it was not a concern.

It's good to be anywhere.

The Beatles were basically a vocal band.

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

I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn't get bored anywhere.

I have no idea what the audience makes of me.

I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.

The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.

If you say I'm great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?

I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.

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 music.

Another thing to do with the blues is how they were recorded. They were done on the quick, and some of that stuff was made on wire, not even tape, let alone digital.

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

I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.

When you're supported by millions all over the world, you can either go nuts, or try to feed off the goodwill.

You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe - and you have the Rolling Stones!

You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.

Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.