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
[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
To me, as long as we've known each other, I've always thought Mick's most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two foot square and give a very exciting performance.
The Beatles were basically a vocal band.
You don't start to play your guitar thinking you're going to be running an organisation that will maybe generate millions.
Poison's not bad. It's a matter of how much.
There's a demon in me, and he's still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
I don't think rock n' roll songwriters should worry about art. I don't think it comes into it...as far as I'm concerned, Art is just short for Arthur.
Well, I'm not putting death on the agenda," he told the Times. "I don't want to see my old friend Lucifer just yet. He's the guy I'm gonna see, isn't it? I'm not going to the other place, let's face it.
I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
It's called the mysterious rhythm of life, ... I can't quite account for it. It's probably an addiction, quite honestly. I need that shot of stage every two or three years.
I've never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
The electric guitar was vital in helping what I've achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
I haven't stopped smoking...anything
When you're supported by millions all over the world, you can either go nuts, or try to feed off the goodwill.