Author Philip Norman said Richards’ raspy voice and laugh, “Still sounds like a thousand unemptied ashtrays made audible.”
Now 78, Richards said he realized it is time to take of himself after years of hard drinking and drugs.
"Cigarettes are just always there, and you’ve always done it. I just pick ’em up and light ’em up without thinking about it.” Keith Richards@RollingStones #StonesNoFilter pic.twitter.com/Vw0n2JjDLw
— HIZUMI (@showgan14) February 8, 2020
In an interview with New York radio host Jim Kerr, Richards said he has not smoked since October, New Musical Express reported.
In a new interview with Q104.3 New York’s Jim Kerr, Richards confirmed that he has not touched a cigarette since October last year.
“I’ve given up smoking ... since October,” Richards told Kerr. “Done that, been there.”
The cigarettes gave up. https://t.co/IiOBJnTkoe
— John Schwartz (@jswatz) February 8, 2020
Richards said kicking the nicotine habit was harder than his heroin addiction.
"Quitting heroin is like hell, but it's a short hell," Richards told New Musical Express during a 2019 interview. "Cigarettes are just always there, and you've always done it. I just pick 'em up and light 'em up without thinking about it."
The No Filter Tour begins May 8 in San Diego and ends July 9 in Atlanta.
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