Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
KEITH RICHARDSIf 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.
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But I’m not here just to make records and money. I’m here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: “Do you know this feeling?
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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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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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The public library is the great equaliser.
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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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What’s the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that’s at a normal job – and I ain’t there yet.
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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.
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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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When you’re 20, you can’t imagine being 30. When you’re 30, you can’t imagine being 40. When you’re 40, you can’t imagine being 100.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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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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