Songwriting’s a weird game.
KEITH RICHARDSI’ve never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I’d keep myself amused.
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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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I don’t trust doctors. It’s not to say there ain’t some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn’t trust ’em at all.
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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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I 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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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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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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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
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Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
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Preaching is tax free. Very little to do with God, a lot to do with money.
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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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What’s the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that’s at a normal job – and I ain’t there yet.
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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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What is life but playing with time?
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You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
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I’ve never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I’d keep myself amused.
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