Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
KEITH RICHARDSLet me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
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One minute I’m standing at Ronnie Scott’s getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I’m on a marble slab
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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
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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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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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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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The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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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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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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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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Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you.
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