Keith Richards Quotes

I've never tried to achieve anything. I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.

Look; being in this band, of course it would be great, yeah. But, I mean, I don't live and breathe every minute of every day thinking like, 'Oh, my God. We have to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.'

In Lynyrd Skynyrd, we always got our recognition.

I started in a band called 'Timbiriche', we toured the world when I was 8; I have 23 albums.

Being in The Beatles was a short, incredible period of my life. I had 22 years leading up to it, and it was all over eight years later.

I always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud of what I have done with the Rhythm Kings.

Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich.

Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.

I toured all over the world, I have die-hard fans, and I had my dreams come true.

I really felt like we were gonna be The Rolling Stones of heavy metal, and we could have been.

We were up for a Grammy, we sold millions of records and we toured the world I don't know how many times. It was insane.

I don't want to sell my soul or anything, but to go on a huge tour would be next level.

The Roses should have made it as the biggest band since The Beatles, but we didn't.

Only we were in The Cranberries. Only we know what it was like being in that crazy whirlwind of fame. We have children and spouses and lives, but there is only one Cranberries.

I was talking to Alan Jackson. He had his second Greatest Hits album. He said, You don't ever get into this really thinking you're gonna make it.

Every band wants to go believe me, not everybody makes it, but they want to.

I'm pretty much happy with the things that have been handed to me already. Seven albums, eight arena tours ... I think there's nothing I really would look forward to besides winning a Grammy one day if that would happen.

I'ma continue to make records, continue to make hits, continue to be what I am, legendary.

It's honestly every time that I'm doing something, and every time I visit a station and hear my song on the radio and people buying my stuff, I'm like 'Are you kidding me? This is insane!'

You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way.

Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to do our success like rock'n'roll stars.

The ultimate revenge is being on Top Of The Pops.

Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am.

After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record on a piece of wood. It's in my den where I can look at it every day. I wear it out lookin' at it.

For three years, between 16 and 19, I was the opening-act-for-the-opening-act-for-the-opening-act, you know? And then I was on tour with Ice-T, Stetsasonic, EPMD, Sir Mix-a-Lot - legends - and went on to sell 160 million records. It still baffles me.