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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.

Keith Richards

Why would you want to be anything else if you’re Mick Jagger?
KEITH RICHARDS

Change Fame Identity Yourself
Songwriting’s a weird game.
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Game One Liner Weird
It’s one thing to play a Muddy Waters song. It’s another thing to play with him.
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Himself Play
You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
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Finding Style Yourself
I’ve never turned blue in someone else’s bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
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Bad Blue Manners Myself Privacy
Fame has killed more very talented guys than drugs. Jimi Hendrix didn’t die of an overdose, he died of fame.
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Death Fame Kill Talent
If you’re cool, you don’t know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain’t.
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Cool Known Myself
If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
KEITH RICHARDS

Missing Sleep Song Stay Yourself
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
It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
KEITH RICHARDS

Existence Gratitude Greatness
Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
KEITH RICHARDS

Heroes Imitation Myself Start
I don’t trust doctors. It’s not to say there ain’t some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn’t trust ’em at all.
KEITH RICHARDS

Doctor Goodness Myself Trust
George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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National Treasure Unique
I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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Country Myself Place Room
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.
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Alone Embarrassment Man Myself Old Secure Sleep
I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
KEITH RICHARDS

Evolution Myself Old

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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