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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.

Keith Richards

I consider my job [being a musician] is to have a little idea and nurture it and put it in some form that everybody else can understand and then sort of pass it on. It’s really a passing through. In other words, you receive and you transmit.
KEITH RICHARDS

Ideas Job Myself Nurture Understand Word
A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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Canvas Musician Painter Paper Silence
It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
KEITH RICHARDS

Existence Gratitude Greatness
Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
KEITH RICHARDS

Change Fame Identity Yourself
When I listen to what I did under the influence – 10 years of work – I don’t think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn’t have that much to do with it.
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Influence Listening Myself Thinking Work
You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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Finding Style Yourself
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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Big Fear Game Special Yourself
Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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Music Problem Roll Talk
I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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Day Feeling Light Time
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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Alive Known Live Planet Reason
I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.
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Encouragement Give Up Instrument People Play Try Writing
I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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Hairs Myself
I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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Country Myself Place Room
What is life but playing with time?
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Life Play Time
You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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Feeling Happiness People Yourself
I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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Audience Ideas Myself
It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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Addiction Known Myself
I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
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Children Father Occasion Yourself
Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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Guitar Instrument Musician
I’ve never turned blue in someone else’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
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Bad Blue Manners Myself Privacy
I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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Labor Myself Romantic Way
I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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Evolution Myself Old
Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
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Food Love Song Yourself
You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
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Moon Stone Sun Yourself
Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.
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Better Throw Yourself
Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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God Money Preach Tax
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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Age Growth Imagination Yourself

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