The public library is the great equaliser.
KEITH RICHARDSGuitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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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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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.
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I consider my job [being a musician] is to have a little idea and nurture it and put it in some form that everybody else can understand and then sort of pass it on. It’s really a passing through. In other words, you receive and you transmit.
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I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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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 only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
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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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One 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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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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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 don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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