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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.

Keith Richards

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Keith Richards
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: December 18
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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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It's great to be here. It's great to be anywhere.
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