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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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Keith Richards
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 18
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I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.
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The electric guitar was vital in helping what I've achieved where would I be without it? Playing awfully quietly, for a start.
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I've never turned blue in someone else's bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners.
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I don't think rock n' roll songwriters should worry about art. I don't think it comes into it...as far as I'm concerned, Art is just short for Arthur.
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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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My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
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When I started, all I wanted to do was play like Chuck (Berry)
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Art is the last thing I'm worried about when I'm writing a song. As far as I'm concerned, art is just short for 'Arthur.'
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The big rules of knife fighting are (a) do not try it at home, and (b) the whole point is never, ever use the blade. It is there to distract your opponent. While he stares at the gleaming steel, you kick his balls to kingdom come--he's all yours. Just a tip!
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