Keith Richards Quotes

You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.

Keith Richards The Rolling Stones

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• I'm not a good Samaritan, I'm a businessman... The goal is to read and react. If we sign an artist that has potential for a shelf life way out in the distance, then we'll stay. But if not, then we won't.

  

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• You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.

  

  Keith Richards The Rolling Stones
  • Music
  • Art
  • Playing