Keith Richards: Still Smoking Weed

Keith Richards: Still Smoking Weed "All The Time" And Worrying For Winehouse

Daily Mail   |   March 16, 2008 10:01 AM

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In an exclusive interview for The Mail on Sunday's Live magazine, 'Keef' spoke frankly of his own drug-taking.

The guitarist - who inspired Johnny Depp's character Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates Of The Caribbean - said he still listens to his old blues heroes such as Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and Jimmy Reed.

Asked which modern artists he rated, he said: "There's only one person. That girl Amy.

"Mind you, that girl isn't going to be around long unless she sorts herself out pretty quick. Amy's got to get smart."

Richards, 64, said he did not expect her to listen. He said: "I'm not a preacher. But I've been there and you have to pass it on."

The former heroin addict admitted he still "smokes weed all the damn time" and said he was once so high on drugs he let a firework burn his finger to the bone.

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Previously:

Keith Richards says of Winehouse: "She should get her act together... Apart from that, I have got nothing to say to the b****."


 
 

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- amanda85 See Profile I'm a Fan of amanda85 permalink

She'll end up looking like him when she is...35? That is if she can actually live that long...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:50 PM on 03/17/2008
- thatsNotWhatIHeard See Profile I'm a Fan of thatsNotWhatIHeard permalink

haha! i love how every Keith Richards article *has* to include some bit about what he's been smoking lately. We need our reminders every now and again, don't we? haha. Puff on, man

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:41 PM on 03/17/2008
- carlgt1 See Profile I'm a Fan of carlgt1 permalink

In a nutshell -- Amy Wino is the latest installment in the half-baked-whitey-sings-the-blues-(badly) -- nothing new in the (stagnant) music industry!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:26 PM on 03/17/2008
- davequ See Profile I'm a Fan of davequ permalink

a little wine and a few tokes of quality trichomes has always put heroin to shame,
and done exponentially less overall damage.

Listen to your "elders," Amy

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:32 PM on 03/17/2008
- AnnArky See Profile I'm a Fan of AnnArky permalink

Comparing smoking weed to whatever it is that Winehouse does is silly and ignorant. I smoke weed and live quite a productive life. If I did half of what Winehouse did I'd be . . . well I'd be as fucked up as she is and probably wouldn't be able to hold down the simplest of jobs.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:49 PM on 03/17/2008
- bushdoescrack See Profile I'm a Fan of bushdoescrack permalink

I smoke weed and live quite a productive life.



how productive can you be at 16, grow up, soon, i mean it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:13 PM on 03/17/2008
- MajorKong See Profile I'm a Fan of MajorKong permalink

Separated at birth?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:19 PM on 03/17/2008
- JScott See Profile I'm a Fan of JScott permalink

Yah Amy only I (Keith) can drink, smoke and take drugs and look this haggard.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:43 AM on 03/17/2008
- gokuusan See Profile I'm a Fan of gokuusan permalink

Uncle Keef's advice is spot on, Amy. Drop alll those unnatural additves and switch over to God's gift. Weed is for the people , by the people, and is less harmful than cigs. Stick with weed, and you can't go wrong ,baby.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:29 AM on 03/17/2008
- bushdoescrack See Profile I'm a Fan of bushdoescrack permalink

Uncle Keef's advice is spot on, Amy. Drop alll those unnatural additves and switch over to God's gift. Weed is for the people , by the people, and is less harmful than cigs. Stick with weed, and you can't go wrong ,baby.





terrific advice from a 13 year old, now go to bed before someone catches you up.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:25 PM on 03/17/2008
- Klip See Profile I'm a Fan of Klip permalink

Got that right!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:32 PM on 03/17/2008
- loki See Profile I'm a Fan of loki permalink

Im just curious, why is Winehouse such a big thing? I watched her perform on the Brit awards last week, and she is just horrible. And Im pretty liberal on musicians, I mean, I like Syd Barrett , mojo nix and skid roper, and more. I have no problem with people who sing bad. Its people how cant sing that I have problems with. and she cant. At least she couldnt on the Brit awards. I havent heard much else from her and I do know how studios can take a sick cat and make it sound wonderful. But that doesnt mean the cat can sing.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:46 AM on 03/17/2008
- Boomerwoman See Profile I'm a Fan of Boomerwoman permalink

She's gritty and gifted. A definite relief from most of the vapid, overly choreographed female singers today, black or white. And she writes her own music too. You've been watching too much American Idol.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:56 AM on 03/17/2008
- MiloWayne See Profile I'm a Fan of MiloWayne permalink

The big mistake made by people who admire is Keith Richards is that they think they can be Keith Richards. Some of them have ended up dead (Gram Parsons comes to mind.) I saw the Stones in October 2006 and thought to myself that Keith might be the happiest man in the world. But he is a freak of nature, kind of like Nolan Ryan was to baseball. Nobody should take their cues from him. Even he would tell you that.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:29 PM on 03/16/2008
- loki See Profile I'm a Fan of loki permalink

There can be only one Skeletor, and Keith Richards is he!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:47 AM on 03/17/2008
- deedrdo See Profile I'm a Fan of deedrdo permalink

i feel sorry for people who don't know how navigate the world unless they're loaded.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:40 PM on 03/16/2008
- bushdoescrack See Profile I'm a Fan of bushdoescrack permalink

i feel sorry for people who don't know how navigate the world unless they're loaded.




i agree, it seems that these people are afraid to grow up.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:14 PM on 03/17/2008
- Klip See Profile I'm a Fan of Klip permalink

Save your sorrow for the truly mind-crippled addicts...(like Christians)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:33 PM on 03/17/2008
- Ramus See Profile I'm a Fan of Ramus permalink

pot does not make a person "loaded"......and his premature lining of the face is from speed and coke (and heroin because you don't eat)..not the pot....I know lots of people in their sixties who've always smoked pot..and look terrific. I don't think you know what you are talking about. You sound a teensy weensy self-righteous deerdo! Pot should be legal and taxed..and one should certainly be allowed to grow one's own. There is too much profit to be made on the drug "war"..in building jails, buying planes and helicopters to look for it..the antipot industry is big business..that's why it's not legal. It is certainly not as harmful as getting drunk on booze.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:01 AM on 03/17/2008
- loki See Profile I'm a Fan of loki permalink

In this world, it might soon become a necessity. Because the real world is really getting to suck big time.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:51 AM on 03/17/2008
- adamsmith See Profile I'm a Fan of adamsmith permalink

Keith has navigated the world many times over as the most "Elegantly Wasted Human Being". Better to live one day as a Lion, than ten thousand as a Lamb. One day being Keith is pretty much better than your whole life. Live with that, and Gimme Shelter...................

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:44 PM on 03/16/2008
- deedrdo See Profile I'm a Fan of deedrdo permalink

you're kidding, right? i wouldn't take keith richard's life if you put it in a silver spoon and shoved it up my nose. i have a fantastic life AND i don't look like 40 miles of bad road.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:20 AM on 03/17/2008
- bushdoescrack See Profile I'm a Fan of bushdoescrack permalink

what a pathetic piece of garbage richards is. for god's sake he is 64 and still playing around with drugs, he looks to be about 95 years old, that's what drug will do to ya. pathetic......

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:24 PM on 03/16/2008
- loki See Profile I'm a Fan of loki permalink

He has the right to live his life the way he wants to as long as he doesnt hurt anyone. Christ BushdoesCrack, you sound like one of those Christian right wingers who says gays shouldnt get married because you dont like it. If he wants to die on drugs, and he isnt hurting anyone. Well, I cant say i approve, but I sure wont sit here and condemn him over it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:55 AM on 03/17/2008
- Merckx See Profile I'm a Fan of Merckx permalink

Name one damn good thing you have done in your pathetic life.
Keith Richards is the poster boy for the phrase, "Life is for Living."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:58 PM on 03/16/2008
- adamsmith See Profile I'm a Fan of adamsmith permalink

He'll outlive you, and you didn't write "Exile on Main Street".

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:40 PM on 03/16/2008
- pizzmoe See Profile I'm a Fan of pizzmoe permalink

You da man, Keef!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:58 PM on 03/16/2008
- BongWater See Profile I'm a Fan of BongWater permalink

A true rebel, an honest crazy man, great advice for Amy too. I'm glad Keith is still on this planet.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:15 PM on 03/16/2008
- pinkyboo See Profile I'm a Fan of pinkyboo permalink

LOL

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:15 PM on 03/16/2008
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