I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
KEITH RICHARDSRock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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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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We all have our own personal laboratories. Life is an experiment, and it’s just a matter of getting the alchemical or chemical combination right.
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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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You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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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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Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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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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The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
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It might appear that nothing is happening, but that’s actually when it really happens.
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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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