I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
KEITH RICHARDSIt’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
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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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The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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But I’m not here just to make records and money. I’m here to say something and to touch other people, sometimes in a cry of desperation: “Do you know this feeling?
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If you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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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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I’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
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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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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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We all have our own personal laboratories. Life is an experiment, and it’s just a matter of getting the alchemical or chemical combination right.
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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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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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