The public library is the great equaliser.
KEITH RICHARDS
You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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The public library is the great equaliser.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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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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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It’s the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician: ‘He passed it on.’
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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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To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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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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I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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Poison’s not bad. It’s a matter of how much.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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I’m an unpure purist, something like that.
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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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