Quotes from Keith Richards

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

The Beatles were basically a vocal band.

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

You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.

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

About myself I have no great illusions. I know what I am. I know what I'm good at. I know what I ain't. I'm always hoping to surprise myself. But I do have a love of music and I do love to communicate it, and that's the best I can do, really. And I can raise a good family, too.

I am not doing it just for the money or for you.I am doing it for me.

Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money

Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.

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

I'm glad to be here. I'm glad to be anywhere.

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.

One of the great things about songwrighting; it's not an intellectual experience

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

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.

Classic of '43. Don't knock it. A Vintage year.

Retire? I can't spell the word. I'd play in a wheelchair.

I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.

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.

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.

I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.

I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous.

Songwriting's a weird game.

Songwriting's a weird game. I never intended to become one - I fell into this by mistake, and I can't get out of it. It fascinates me. I like to point out the rawer points of life.