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Keith Richards

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.
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Encouragement Give Up Instrument People Play Try Writing
I am not doing it just for the money or for you. I am doing it for me.
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Money Myself Yourself
One minute I’m standing at Ronnie Scott’s getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I’m on a marble slab
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Appreciation Myself Stand
It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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Addiction Known Myself
The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
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Music Rock Roll
To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.
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Canvas Musician Silence Yourself
I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing – the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
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Beautiful Listening Reading Song Touch
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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Difference Known Myself Planning
I’m not getting old I’m evolving.
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Evolution Myself Old
No broken hearts, no broken necks.
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Break Heart Broken Neck
Love has sold more songs than you’ve had hot dinners.
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Food Love Song Yourself
I don’t encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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Body Encouragement Known Myself
I only get ill when I give up drugs. I don’t have a drug problem, I have a police problem.
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Drugs Give Up Myself Police Problem
I read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
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Blood Fascination Myself People Reading
We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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Age Growth Ourselves Youth
I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.
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Achievement Myself Record
To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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Important Record Technology
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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Day Demon Himself Myself
Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole.
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Guitar Instrument Musician
Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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Heroes Imitation Myself Start
I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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Life Oneself Quiet
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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Bone Emotion Language Music Talk Word
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
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.
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Job Myself Normal Retirement Work
I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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Hairs Myself
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.’
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Himself Musician Old Water Writing
One of the great things about songwrighting; it’s not an intellectual experience.
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Experience Greatness Intellectual Oneself

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