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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

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.
KEITH RICHARDS

Big Fear Game Special Yourself
The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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Music Rock Roll
But I’ve always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I’m here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.
KEITH RICHARDS

Comfortable Feeling Myself Time
What is life but playing with time?
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Life Play Time
I don’t wave a flag for anything. I’m a musician.
KEITH RICHARDS

Flag Musician Myself Wave
I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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Life Myself Writing
If you say I’m great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
KEITH RICHARDS

Better Greatness Man Myself
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
No broken hearts, no broken necks.
KEITH RICHARDS

Break Heart Broken Neck
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
It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
KEITH RICHARDS

Day Gratitude Wake Up
I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
KEITH RICHARDS

Money Myself Yourself
You don’t find a style. A style finds you.
KEITH RICHARDS

Finding Style Yourself
You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
KEITH RICHARDS

Feeling Happiness People Yourself
[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
KEITH RICHARDS

Experience Myself Standard
I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
KEITH RICHARDS

Audience Ideas Myself

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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