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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 looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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I'm not getting old I'm evolving.
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You're always learning about this thing everytime you pick it up
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