Some people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
KEITH RICHARDSSome people think I’m a mythical genius, others think I’m a junkie madman.
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You can’t accuse me of anything I haven’t already confessed to.
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Retire? I can’t spell the word. I’d play in a wheelchair.
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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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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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To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That’s the reason I’m still alive.
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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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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.
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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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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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There’s a demon in me, and he’s still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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I’ve never turned blue in someone else’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
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I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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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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You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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