When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
KEITH RICHARDSI don’t trust doctors. It’s not to say there ain’t some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn’t trust ’em at all.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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I was number 1 on the who’s likely to die list for 10 years. I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.
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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.
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Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn’t get bored anywhere.
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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.
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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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I don’t trust doctors. It’s not to say there ain’t some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn’t trust ’em at all.
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
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