Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
KEITH RICHARDSI never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he’s gonna do tomorrow and I’m just happy to wake up to see who’s hanging around. Mick’s rock and I’m roll.
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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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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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Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them – they found you ; you just grow into each other
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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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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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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.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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There’s a demon in me, and he’s still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
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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.
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