Keith Richards
Keith Richards
Keith Richardsis an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, best-selling memoirist, and founding member of the rock band The Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone Magazine credited Richards for "rock's greatest single body of riffs" on guitar and ranked him 4th on its list of 100 best guitarists. Fourteen songs that Richards wrote with the Rolling Stones' lead vocalist Mick Jagger are listed among Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The Stones are generally known for their guitar interplay of rhythm...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth18 December 1943
CityDartford, England
I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That's the reason I'm still alive.
In fact, I take the view that God, in his infinite wisdom, didn't bother to spring for two joints - heaven and hell. They're the same place, but heaven is when you get everything you want and you meet Mummy and Daddy and your best friends and you all have a hug and a kiss and play your harps. Hell is the same place - no fire and brimstone - but they all pass by and don't see you. There's nothing, no recognition. You're waving, "It's me, your father," but you're invisible. You're on a cloud, you've got your harp, but you can't play with nobody because they don't see you. That's hell.
I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
Some people think I'm a mythical genius, others think I'm a junkie madman.
Some of my most outrageous nights- I can only believe actually happened because of corroborating evidence. No wonder I'm famous for partying! The ultimate party- if it's any good- you can't remember it.
You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
I am not doing it just for the money or for you.I am doing it for me.
True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them - they found you ; you just grow into each other
Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn't die of an overdose, he died of fame.
Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something special.