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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.

Keith Richards

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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Growth Reach Thinking True Yourself
No broken hearts, no broken necks.
KEITH RICHARDS

Break Heart Broken Neck
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
I’m an unpure purist, something like that.
KEITH RICHARDS

Myself Purity
Songwriting’s a weird game.
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Game One Liner Weird
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
Everybody’s got a different way of telling a story – and has different stories to tell.
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Different Story Talk Way
My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
KEITH RICHARDS

Blow Father Myself Resistance
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.’
KEITH RICHARDS

Himself Musician Old Water Writing
The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
KEITH RICHARDS

Music Rock Roll
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
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?
KEITH RICHARDS

Desperate Feeling Money People Record Touch Yourself
If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
KEITH RICHARDS

Authority Yourself
I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
KEITH RICHARDS

Country Myself Place Room
There’s a demon in me, and he’s still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.
KEITH RICHARDS

Day Demon Himself Myself
It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
KEITH RICHARDS

Day Gratitude Wake Up

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