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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.

Keith Richards

Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
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Life Music Necessary Need
I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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Labor Myself Romantic Way
This is the rock ‘n’ roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery.
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Invention Life Machine Operation Rock
If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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Authority Yourself
I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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Country Myself Place Room
I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he’s gonna do tomorrow and I’m just happy to wake up to see who’s hanging around. Mick’s rock and I’m roll.
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Difference Known Myself Planning
Yes, I’ve been trepanned. That’s quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.
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Brain Experience Interesting Myself Quite Thinking
Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.
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Bone Emotion Language Music Talk Word
To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
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Animal Life Wild Yourself
I’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
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Freedom Myself Sick
George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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National Treasure Unique
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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Comfortable Feeling Myself Time
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
Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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Myself Play Retirement Spell Word
I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
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Children Father Occasion Yourself
Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
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Drugs Police Problem

Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.

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