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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

Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
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Death Fame Kill Talent
If you’ve gotta think about being cool, you ain’t cool.
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Cool Thinking Yourself
Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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Music Neck Rock Role
The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
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History Ideas Myself Retirement
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.
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Blue Learning Monastery Realize Sing Thinking
Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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Change Fame Identity Yourself
This is the rock ‘n’ roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery.
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Invention Life Machine Operation Rock
Some things get better with age. Like me.
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Age Better Instagram Captions
If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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Alcohol Wasted Yourself
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.
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Beautiful Listening Reading Song Touch
I’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
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Freedom Myself Sick
I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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Myself Smoking Stop
You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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Finding Style Yourself
Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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Music Problem Roll Talk
The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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Disagreement Music Myself
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.
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Brain Experience Interesting Myself Quite Thinking
I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
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Blood Fascination Myself People Reading
The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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Music Rock Roll
Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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Different Story Talk Way
You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
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Art Hear Musician Myself See
George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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National Treasure Unique
Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
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Life Music Necessary Need
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.
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Comfortable Feeling Myself Time
To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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Important Record Technology
I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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Flag Musician Myself Wave
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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Boredom Guitar Myself
Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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Myself Play Retirement Spell Word

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.

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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.

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