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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.

Keith Richards

I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing – the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
KEITH RICHARDS

Beautiful Listening Reading Song Touch
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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Alone End Myself People Stand
My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
KEITH RICHARDS

Blow Father Myself Resistance
Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
KEITH RICHARDS

Change Fame Identity Yourself
I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.
KEITH RICHARDS

Encouragement Give Up Instrument People Play Try Writing
Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
KEITH RICHARDS

Heroes Imitation Myself Start
It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
KEITH RICHARDS

Himself Play
True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them – they found you ; you just grow into each other
KEITH RICHARDS

Each Other Finding Friendship True
One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
KEITH RICHARDS

Experience Greatness Intellectual Oneself
To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
KEITH RICHARDS

Animal Life Wild Yourself
Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
KEITH RICHARDS

Music Problem Roll Talk
It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
KEITH RICHARDS

Addiction Known Myself
I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
KEITH RICHARDS

Drugs Myself Police Problem
Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
KEITH RICHARDS

Music Neck Rock Role
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
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

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