Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
KEITH RICHARDSI’ve never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I’d keep myself amused.
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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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There’s a demon in me, and he’s still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
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I’ve never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I’d keep myself amused.
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The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
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And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You’ve got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you’re a grownup, but it’s not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.
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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
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I’m an unpure purist, something like that.
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