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A painter's got a canvas. The writer's got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
Keith Richards
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Keith Richards
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: December 18
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There's just certain styles of playing that you do play in your own way. Maybe it's in the way your fingers bend, for all I know. And so whenever you pick up the guitar it's not so much the sound of the instrument itself, it's like the ting that you add onto it-the attitude.
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The public library is the great equaliser.
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George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.
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