Quotes by

Keith Richards

To me, as long as weve known each other, Ive always thought Micks most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two foot square and give a very exciting performance. – Keith Richards

I dont trust doctors. Its not to say there aint some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldnt trust em at all. – Keith Richards

To make a rocknroll record, technology is the least important thing. – Keith Richards

If you dont know the blues… theres no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music. – Keith Richards

Ive always been suspicious of TV, Ive always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage. – Keith Richards

Its great to be here. Its great to be anywhere. – Keith Richards

To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because its very easy in this game to believe youre something special. – Keith Richards

Yes, Ive been trepanned. Thats quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain. – Keith Richards

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 cant do it by pushing buttons and watching a TV screen. – Keith Richards

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

You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music. – Keith Richards

Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards. – Keith Richards

The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do. – Keith Richards

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. – Keith Richards