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What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It’s the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician: ‘He passed it on.’

Keith Richards

If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
KEITH RICHARDS

Authority Yourself
Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
KEITH RICHARDS

Music Neck Rock Role
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
Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
KEITH RICHARDS

Heroes Imitation Myself Start
You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
KEITH RICHARDS

Finding Style Yourself
It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
KEITH RICHARDS

Himself Play
I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
KEITH RICHARDS

Death Funny Live Myself
It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
KEITH RICHARDS

Existence Gratitude Greatness
If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
KEITH RICHARDS

Missing Sleep Song Stay Yourself
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
I don’t regret nothing.
KEITH RICHARDS

Myself One Liner Regret
The public library is the great equaliser.
KEITH RICHARDS

Greatness Library One Liner Public
To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it’s very easy in this game to believe you’re something special.
KEITH RICHARDS

Big Fear Game Special Yourself
But I’ve always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I’m here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.
KEITH RICHARDS

Comfortable Feeling Myself Time
Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.
KEITH RICHARDS

Bone Emotion Language Music Talk Word
Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
KEITH RICHARDS

Drugs Police Problem

What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It’s the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician: ‘He passed it on.’

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What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It’s the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician: ‘He passed it on.’

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