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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

It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
KEITH RICHARDS

Himself Play
I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing – the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
KEITH RICHARDS

Beautiful Listening Reading Song Touch
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.
KEITH RICHARDS

History Ideas Myself Retirement
I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
KEITH RICHARDS

Labor Myself Romantic Way
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
I’ve never turned blue in someone else’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
KEITH RICHARDS

Bad Blue Manners Myself Privacy
Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
KEITH RICHARDS

Change Fame Identity Yourself
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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Comfortable Feeling Myself Time
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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Big Fear Game Special Yourself
To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
KEITH RICHARDS

Important Record Technology
Yes, I’ve been trepanned. That’s quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.
KEITH RICHARDS

Brain Experience Interesting Myself Quite Thinking
I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
KEITH RICHARDS

Blood Fascination Myself People Reading
The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
KEITH RICHARDS

Electric Guitar Play Quiet Start
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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Job Myself Normal Retirement Work
You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
KEITH RICHARDS

Feeling Happiness People Yourself
I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
KEITH RICHARDS

Country Myself Place Room

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.

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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.

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