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 RICHARDSMusic is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
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To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.
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I occasionally borrow pot from my kids. They do a little weed occasionally. ‘Here, Dad’ – or more likely, ‘Dad, have you got any?’
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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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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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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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Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.
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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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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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Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
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My life is full of broken halos.
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Women are a beautiful complication, and I look forward to far more beauties and far more complications.
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What is life but playing with time?
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