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When I listen to what I did under the influence – 10 years of work – I don’t think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn’t have that much to do with it.

Keith Richards

I’ve got nothing against daylight. I don’t live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
KEITH RICHARDS

Day Feeling Light Time
A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
KEITH RICHARDS

Canvas Musician Painter Paper Silence
The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
KEITH RICHARDS

Disagreement Music Myself
You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
KEITH RICHARDS

Accuse Confession 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
You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
KEITH RICHARDS

Moon Stone Sun Yourself
Songwriting’s a weird game.
KEITH RICHARDS

Game One Liner Weird
No broken hearts, no broken necks.
KEITH RICHARDS

Break Heart Broken Neck
If you are going to get wasted, then get wasted elegantly.
KEITH RICHARDS

Alcohol Wasted Yourself
I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I’ll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It’s a little embarrassing to admit it; I’m an old man now. It’s important to me though.
KEITH RICHARDS

Alone Embarrassment Man Myself Old Secure Sleep
I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
KEITH RICHARDS

Body Encouragement Known Myself
One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
KEITH RICHARDS

Experience Greatness Intellectual Oneself
I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
KEITH RICHARDS

Flag Musician Myself Wave
The public library is the great equaliser.
KEITH RICHARDS

Greatness Library One Liner Public
I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, “I tried, I can’t do it” and give up and don’t try it again; they get too discouraged.
KEITH RICHARDS

Encouragement Give Up Instrument People Play Try Writing
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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Invention Life Machine Operation Rock

When I listen to what I did under the influence – 10 years of work – I don’t think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn’t have that much to do with it.

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When I listen to what I did under the influence – 10 years of work – I don’t think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn’t have that much to do with it.

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