Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.

— Keith Richards

Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.

— Keith Richards

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

— Keith Richards

There's something beautifully friendly and elevating about a bunch of guys playing music together. This wonderful little world that is unassailable. It's really teamwork, one guy supporting the others, and it's all for one purpose, and there are no flies in the ointment, for a while. And nobody conducting, it's all up to you. It's really jazz__that's the big secret. Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.

— Keith Richards

To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.

— Keith Richards

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.

— Keith Richards

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.

— Keith Richards

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. The public library is a great equalizer.

— Keith Richards

Yes, I've been preplanned. That's quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.

— Keith Richards

You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe - and you have the Rolling Stones!

— Keith Richards