Keith Richards’ one secret to a long life in rock music: “That’s the only secret”Neither logic nor science has the answers to everything in life. If they did, then perhaps some lab-coated boffin could explain why, after decades upon decades of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, Keith Richards is still alive and kicking at the ripe old age of 82. A one-man argument against the war on drugs, Richards has certainly defied the odds of life expectancy. While, as we have established, science cannot find an answer for Keith Richards’ continued existence, the above explanation would probably be their best bet. “The secret is, there is no secret,” he rather disappointingly declared during an interview with The Guitar Player.