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Keith Richards
13 quotes
“I see a red door and I want it painted black No colors anymore, I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes I see a line of cars and they're all painted black With flowers and my love, both never to come back I see people turn their heads and quickly look away Like a new born baby, it just happens every day I look inside myself and see my heart is black I see my red door, I must have it painted black Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts It's not easy facing up, when your whole world is black”
Keith Richards (born 1943) first seen 1966 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: , 7 May 1966, co-written with Mick Jagger
Also quoted by: Mick Jagger
“Yes, star-crossed in pleasure, the stream flows on byYes, as we're sated in leisure, we watch it fly, yesAnd time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me...Time can tear down a building or destroy a woman's faceHours are like diamonds, don't let them wasteTime waits for no one, no favors has he”
Keith Richards (born 1943) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Time Waits for No One, 1973, co-written with Mick Jagger
“I'd play whenever I could get my hands on an electric guitar; I was trying to pick up rock'n'roll riffs and electric blues-the latest Muddy Waters. I'd spend hours and hours on the same track, back again, and back again.”
Keith Richards (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What interested me about Chuck Berry was the way he could step out of the rhythm part with such ease, throwing in a nice, simple riff, and then drop straight into the feel of it again. We used to play a lot more rhythm stuff. We'd do away with the differences between lead and rhythm guitar. You can't go into a shop and ask for a "lead guitar". You're a guitar player, and you play a guitar.”
Keith Richards (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I thought it was ludicrous to take one of those gongs from the establishment...it's not what the Stones is about, is it? I don't want to step out on stage with someone wearing a fucking coronet and sporting the old ermine. I told Mick, It's a fucking paltry honour.”
Keith Richards (born 1943) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Commenting on Mick Jagger receiving a Knighthood in 2003, reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).
“There are certain guys that are band players and there's certain guys that ain't. If there's anybody lazier than me, it's Eric (Clapton).”
Keith Richards (born 1943) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mojo magazine; reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).
“I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.”
Keith Richards (born 1943) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: He tells Rolling Stone of his drug-taking past; reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).
“I thought rock and roll was an unassailable outlet for some pure and natural expression of rebellion. It used to be one channel you could take without ever havin' to kiss arse, you know?”
Keith Richards (born 1943) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rolling Stone; reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).
“I was number one on the Who's Likely To Die list for 10 years. I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list.”
Keith Richards (born 1943) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: NME; reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).
“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.”
Keith Richards (born 1943) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: BBC Newsnight 2005; reported in "In quotes: Keith Richards", BBC (April 4, 2007).
“I don't encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!”
Keith Richards (born 1943) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview 2006.
“This morning on Dartford station a guy I knew at primary school came up to me. He's got every record Chuck Berry made. He is called Mick Jagger.”
Keith Richards (born 1943) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From letter to Keith's aunt Keef comes clean, The Times p4, 15 Oct 2010.
“Rap — so many words, so little said. What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there. All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they're happy. There’s an enormous market for people who can't tell one note from another.”
Keith Richards (born 1943) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Jon Blistein, "Keith Richards: Rap Is for 'Tone-Deaf People'", Rolling Stone (September 3, 2015).