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Músico britânico, guitarrista dos Rolling Stones
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Join the roomKeith Richards é um músico, compositor, cantor e produtor musical inglês que é um membro original, guitarrista, vocalista secundário e co-principal compositor dos Rolling Stones. Sua parceria de composição com o vocalista principal da banda Mick Jagger é uma das mais bem-sucedidas da história. Sua carreira abrange mais de seis décadas, e seu estilo de tocar guitarra tem sido uma marca registrada dos Rolling Stones ao longo da carreira da banda. Richards ganhou notoriedade na imprensa por seus envolvimentos românticos e uso de drogas ilícitas, e frequentemente era retratado como uma figura contracultural. Profissionalmente conhecido primeiro como Keith Richard, a partir de 1978 ele usou seu nome de família completo.
“What interested me about Chuck Berry was the way he could step out of the rhythm part with such ease, throwing in a nice, simple riff, and then drop straight into the feel of it again. We used to play a lot more rhythm stuff. We'd do away with the differences between lead and rhythm guitar. You can't go into a shop and ask for a "lead guitar". You're a guitar player, and you play a guitar.”
“There are certain guys that are band players and there's certain guys that ain't. If there's anybody lazier than me, it's Eric (Clapton).”
“I thought rock and roll was an unassailable outlet for some pure and natural expression of rebellion. It used to be one channel you could take without ever havin' to kiss arse, you know?”
“I was number one on the Who's Likely To Die list for 10 years. I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list.”
“I don't encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!”
“Rap — so many words, so little said. What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there. All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they're happy. There’s an enormous market for people who can't tell one note from another.”
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