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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?

Keith Richards

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
KEITH RICHARDS

Music Problem Roll Talk
I was number 1 on the who’s likely to die list for 10 years. I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.
KEITH RICHARDS

Death Disappointment Myself
What’s the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that’s at a normal job – and I ain’t there yet.
KEITH RICHARDS

Job Myself Normal Retirement Work
I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
KEITH RICHARDS

Hairs Myself
Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
KEITH RICHARDS

Beautiful Complication Myself Woman
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
You’ve got the sun, you’ve got the moon, and you’ve got the Rolling Stones.
KEITH RICHARDS

Moon Stone Sun Yourself
The electric guitar was vital in helping what I’ve achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
KEITH RICHARDS

Electric Guitar Play Quiet Start
To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
KEITH RICHARDS

Animal Life Wild Yourself
George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
KEITH RICHARDS

National Treasure Unique
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
I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
KEITH RICHARDS

Alcohol Myself Wasted Time
I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
KEITH RICHARDS

Myself Smoking Stop
No broken hearts, no broken necks.
KEITH RICHARDS

Break Heart Broken Neck
Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
KEITH RICHARDS

Drugs Police Problem
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

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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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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