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[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.

Keith Richards

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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Guitar Music Point Popular Yourself
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 RICHARDS

History Ideas Myself Retirement
I only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
KEITH RICHARDS

Drugs Give Up Myself Police Problem
You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
KEITH RICHARDS

Art Hear Musician Myself See
I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
KEITH RICHARDS

Children Father Occasion Yourself
I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I’ll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It’s a little embarrassing to admit it; I’m an old man now. It’s important to me though.
KEITH RICHARDS

Alone Embarrassment Man Myself Old Secure Sleep
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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Brain Experience Interesting Myself Quite Thinking
I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
KEITH RICHARDS

Flag Musician Myself Wave
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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Blue Learning Monastery Realize Sing Thinking
You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
KEITH RICHARDS

Finding Style Yourself
It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
KEITH RICHARDS

Existence Gratitude Greatness
I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
KEITH RICHARDS

Country Myself Place Room
The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
KEITH RICHARDS

Disagreement Music Myself
Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
KEITH RICHARDS

Different Story Talk Way
You have the sun, you have the moon, you have the air that you breathe – and you have the Rolling Stones!
KEITH RICHARDS

Breathe Moon Sun Yourself
What is life but playing with time?
KEITH RICHARDS

Life Play Time

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