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" The Beatles were basically a vocal band. "
Keith Richards
Were
Beatles
Basically
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" About myself I have no great illusions. I know what I am. I know what I'm good at. I know what I ain't. I'm always hoping to surprise myself. But I do have a love of music and I do love to communicate it, and that's the best I can do, really. And I can raise a good family, too. "
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" To me, as long as we've known each other, I've always thought Mick's most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two foot square and give a very exciting performance. "
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" I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous. "
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" This is the rock 'n' roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery. "
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Along
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" I've never tried to achieve anything. I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records. "
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Everything
Never
" You don't start to play your guitar thinking you're going to be running an organisation that will maybe generate millions. "
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" I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records. "
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Records
" I only get ill when I give up drugs. "
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Only
Ill
Give
" I have no idea what the audience makes of me. "
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Makes
Audience
Idea
" Another thing to do with the blues is how they were recorded. They were done on the quick, and some of that stuff was made on wire, not even tape, let alone digital. "
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Digital
Alone
Blues
" I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police. "
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Never
Problem
Problems
" Hey, we just enjoy it. I think we think we're getting the hang of this thing, you know? "
Keith Richards
You
Enjoy
Hang
" You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music. "
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Music
You
Know
" It's an addiction... and addiction is something I should know something about. "
Keith Richards
Addiction
Know
Something
" When I listen to what I did under the influence - 10 years of work - I don't think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn't have that much to do with it. "
Keith Richards
Me
Influence
Listen
" You didn't know whether Chuck Berry was black or white - it was not a concern. "
Keith Richards
Know
Black
Concern
" To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing. "
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Important
Record
Technology
" Songwriting's a weird game. "
Keith Richards
Game
Weird
Songwriting
" You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones. "
Keith Richards
You
Sun
Got
" Everybody's got a different way of telling a story - and has different stories to tell. "
Keith Richards
Different
Stories
Story
" You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good. "
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You
Get
Good
" When you're supported by millions all over the world, you can either go nuts, or try to feed off the goodwill. "
Keith Richards
Go
Nuts
You
" I've never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself. "
Keith Richards
Anybody
Myself
Never
" If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music. "
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Know
Rock
Music
" It's good to be anywhere. "
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Anywhere
Good
" I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage. "
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Marriage
Unhappy
Always
" Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards. "
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Roll
Rock And Roll
Rock
" And it was a very, very fruitful and great relationship between the Stones and The Beatles. It was very, very friendly. "
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Great
Friendly
Relationship
" If you say I'm great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know? "
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Man
Know
I Am