Keith Richards: his best ever quotes
18 December 2019, 19:44 | Updated: 18 December 2019, 19:46
Celebrate the Rolling Stone's life and career with his geratest words of wisdom.
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"Some things get better with age. Like me."
Keith Richards in New York, 2016. Picture: Victoria Will/Invision/AP/Shutterstock -
“After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.”
Keith Richards in 1967. Picture: Dezo Hoffman/Shutterstock -
"The idea of retiring is like killing yourself"
To the BBC, 2005
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards onstage in Pasadena, 2019. Picture: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/Shutterstock -
“Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.”
Keith Richards onstage with The Rolling Stones in 1984. Picture: Ilpo Musto/Shutterstock -
“I’ve been through more cold turkeys than there are freezers.”
Life, 2010
Keith Richards in 1969. Picture: Dezo Hoffman/Shutterstock -
“My life is full of broken halos.”
Keith Richards onstage in New York, 1981. Picture: Graham Wiltshire/Shutterstock -
"I've never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.”
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards leave Chichester court, after electing to be tried by jury on drug possession charges in May 1967. Picture: AP/Shutterstock -
“I’m not getting old - I'm evolving.”
To The Sun, 2015
Keith Richards in New York, October 2018. Picture: Aurora Rose/WWD/Shutterstock -
"A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.”
Keith Richards in 1977. Picture: Anonymous/AP/Shutterstock -
"Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs.”
Keith Richards in 1969. Picture: Alan Messer/Shutterstock -
“Some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.”
Keith Richards in Paris in 1986. Picture: Sipa/Shutterstock -
"If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly."
Keith Richards during the making of The Rolling Stones' Rock 'N' Roll Circus, 1968. Picture: David Magnus/Shutterstock -
"The key to survival was that I paced myself. I never really overdid it. Well, I shouldn't say never; sometimes I was absolutely comatose."
Life, 2010
Keith Richards, following his arrest in Toronto in 1977. Picture: Blaise Edwards/AP/Shutterstock -
"If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet."
The Rolling Stones in 1974: Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Mick Taylor. Picture: Granger/Shutterstock
