The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
KEITH RICHARDSOne minute I’m standing at Ronnie Scott’s getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I’m on a marble slab
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I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
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When I listen to what I did under the influence – 10 years of work – I don’t think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn’t have that much to do with it.
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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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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I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing – the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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I don’t trust doctors. It’s not to say there ain’t some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn’t trust ’em at all.
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If you don’t know the blues there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
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I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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