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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.

Keith Richards

Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
KEITH RICHARDS

Death Old Young
Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
KEITH RICHARDS

Change Fame Identity Yourself
If you’re cool, you don’t know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain’t.
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Cool Known Myself
What is life but playing with time?
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Life Play Time
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
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
To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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Canvas Musician Silence Yourself
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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Desperate Feeling Money People Record Touch Yourself
It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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Calm Nature Silence Yourself
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
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
You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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Finding Style Yourself
It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
KEITH RICHARDS

Existence Gratitude Greatness
When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
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Affect Belong Growth Library Place Yourself
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
The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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Disagreement Music Myself

A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.

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