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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?

Keith Richards

I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
KEITH RICHARDS

Blood Fascination Myself People Reading
I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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Life Myself Writing
Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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Heroes Imitation Myself Start
You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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Accuse Confession Yourself
I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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Labor Myself Romantic Way
But I’ve always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I’m here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.
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Comfortable Feeling Myself Time
I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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Country Myself Place Room
I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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Evolution Myself Old
To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That’s the reason I’m still alive.
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Alive Known Live Planet Reason
I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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Audience Ideas Myself
I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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Body Encouragement Known Myself
But I’m not here just to make records and money. I’m here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: “Do you know this feeling?
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Desperate Feeling Money People Record Touch Yourself
A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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Canvas Musician Painter Paper Silence
What’s the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that’s at a normal job – and I ain’t there yet.
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Job Myself Normal Retirement Work
Songwriting’s a weird game.
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Game One Liner Weird
The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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Rush Stone Ultimate

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