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Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.

Keith Richards

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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Alive Known Live Planet Reason
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
Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
KEITH RICHARDS

Blame Known Myself Side
I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
KEITH RICHARDS

Flag Musician Myself Wave
It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
KEITH RICHARDS

Addiction Known Myself
To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
KEITH RICHARDS

Animal Life Wild Yourself
Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
KEITH RICHARDS

Death Fame Kill Talent
It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
KEITH RICHARDS

Calm Nature Silence Yourself
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
A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
KEITH RICHARDS

Canvas Musician Painter Paper Silence
Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
KEITH RICHARDS

God Money Preach Tax
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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Influence Listening Myself Thinking Work
Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
KEITH RICHARDS

Music Neck Rock Role
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
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
I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
KEITH RICHARDS

Hairs Myself

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