One minute I’m standing at Ronnie Scott’s getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I’m on a marble slab
KEITH RICHARDSSome people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
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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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I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
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Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
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Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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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.
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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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Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you’re a grownup, but it’s not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.
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Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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I’m free of hypochondria– although I’ve got everything else.
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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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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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Some things get better with age. Like me.
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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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