If you dont know the blues... theres no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

Quote by Keith Richards

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

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

Ive always been suspicious of TV, Ive always found music and video to be an...

Ive always been suspicious of TV, Ive always found music and video to be an...

The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what...

The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what...

Its great to be here. Its great to be anywhere.

Its great to be here. Its great to be anywhere.

It's great to be here. It's great to be anywhere.

It's great to be here. It's great to be anywhere.

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two...

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two...

Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a...

Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a...

Theres no substitute for live work to keep a band together.

Theres no substitute for live work to keep a band together.

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

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

I have no idea what the audience makes of me.

I have no idea what the audience makes of me.

I smoke my head off. I smoke weed all the damn time. But that's my...

I smoke my head off. I smoke weed all the damn time. But that's my...

I only get ill when I give up drugs

I only get ill when I give up drugs

I only get ill when I give up drugs

I only get ill when I give up drugs

Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and...

Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and...

I look for ambiguity when Im writing because life is ambiguous.

I look for ambiguity when Im writing because life is ambiguous.

If youre going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two...

If youre going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two...

To me, as long as we've known each other, I've always thought Mick's most brilliant...

To me, as long as we've known each other, I've always thought Mick's most brilliant...

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

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

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

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

Its an addiction... and addiction is something I should know something about.

Its an addiction... and addiction is something I should know something about.