Keith Richards is a famous British guitarist, songwriter, singer, memoirist and the founder of ‘The Rolling Stones’. He has written various hit rock songs and is believed to be the pioneer of the ‘state-of-the-art rhythm’. His love for the American blues made him unite with his childhood acquaintance ‘Mick Jagger’ and guitarist ‘Dick Taylor’ to perform in a few gigs. They were further joined by ‘Brian Jones’ to form ‘The Rolling Stones’ band. Their albums were a hit and were popular on a global scale. His solo song ‘I Can't Get No Satisfaction’ topped the US charts and is regarded as one of the greatest rock songs. He is included in the ‘Songwriters Hall of Fame’ and was awarded with the ‘Rock Immortal Award’. Richards was also ranked among the top five best electric guitar players. We bring to you a treasure trove of quotes that have been excerpted from his work, writings, songs, lyrics, interviews and thoughts. Go through this collection of quotes by Keith Richards that will give you a glimpse of his journey in the musical world.
When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
I've never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I'd keep myself amused.
But I'm not here just to make records and money. I'm here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: "Do you know this feeling?
And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You've got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.
A gut-string classical Spanish guitar, a sweet, lovely little lady. The smell of it. Even now, to open a guitar case, when it's an old wooden guitar, I could crawl in and close the lid.
