Keith Richards

Birth Name:

Keith Richards

Birth Place:

Dartford, Kent, England

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor, Producer, Music department, Writer

In 1985, he joined the Artists United Against Apartheid charity project
In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1993
Grew up in the same neighborhood as his Rolling Stones bandmate Mick Jagger
Started playing the guitar at a young age, influenced by the music of Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Chuck Berry
Quote: "People say 'why don't you give it up?' I don't think they quite understand․ I'm not doing it just for the money, or for you․ I'm doing it for me․"
Is best known as one of the founding members of the rock band The Rolling Stones
Claims to have wrote the hit tune "Satisfaction" while sleeping
Once sang in a trio of boy sopranos who performed for Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey
Was the inspiration for Johnny Depp's interpretation of the character Capt․ Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean․"

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