Quotes About Keith Richards

Gibson put out this cheap, really good guitar, and cats would tune it, since they were nearly all banjo players, to a five-string banjo tuning. Also, you didn't have to pay for the other string, the big string. Or you could save it for hanging the old lady or something.

I don't have a problem with drugs, I have a problem with policemen.

I took a musician friend of mine to a Rolling Stone concert once, and all he did was cringe. I asked him what was wrong, and he said, 'Keith Richards' guitar is out of tune.' But 'Tumbling Dice' still sounded great to me.

One thing that will make you quit smoking is sitting across from Keith Richards all night. I don't mind being ugly, but I sure don't want to look like that.

that coolness is a social category, not a natural attribute (with the possible exception of Keith Richards)

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

Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.

In the middle of the night, Keith Richards painted Capote's hotel room door with ketchup, thumbing his nose at the snooty Mr. Capote and the Princess with a not-so-veiled reference to In Cold Blood.

Keith Richards I remember. There was a horse backstage that week, and I was in my dressing area and I saw Keith Richards go up, hold the horse's face in his hands, and go, "You're a fine horse, aren't you?" I'll never forget that.

Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.