The Rolling Stones Quotes
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I've never stopped learning.
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It made me sick - my name's Keith Richards. It hardly makes it against Howlin' Wolf or Muddy Waters, does it? On my first guitar I had Boy Blue written - just pathetic. But that was as good as I got at the time.
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One guy can ruin an instrument. Jimi Hendrix, bless his heart - how I wish he was still around - almost inadvertently ruined guitar. Because he was the only cat who could do it like that. Everybody else just screwed it up, and thought wailing away (on the guitar) is the answer. But it ain't; you've got to be a Jimi to do that, you've got to be one of the special cats.
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I didn't have any inhibitions. I saw Elvis and Gene Vincent, and I thought, "Well, I can do this." And I liked doing it.
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Most people in England don't live in the North, and people are snobby in England, so they wanted a band from the South.
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I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over.
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I'm still digging long-established bands like U2 - they're new to me!
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If you've been playing for a few years...especially in a group context... you'll see if you have the ability ... or the passion to want to carry on. It's something that you have to be dedicated to ...and you've got to love ..no matter what happens.
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We do what we want to do. We write songs. We try not to repeat ourselves too much. We have our own sound and our own way of doing things. Up until now it has always been enjoyable. None of the members have ever got to the point where they don't want to be involved in it ... It's not entirely possible for me to stand back and look at the Rolling Stones because being a part of it you can't. I wish that I could just sit in the audience for one night and see the show. Everyone in the band has said that at some point. But then you wouldn't be seeing the whole band. And that's the problem with that.
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I would like to reach a balance and forget a few things.
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In England they always try out new mobile phones in Isle of Man. They've got a captive society. So I said, you should try the legalization of all drugs on the Isle of Man and see what happens.
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I've got nothing against daylight. I don't live totally nocturnally. Only when I feel like it. Which is most of the time.
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Hey, we just enjoy it. I think we think we're getting the hang of this thing, you know?
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Well, I'm not putting death on the agenda. I don't want to see my old friend Lucifer just yet. He's the guy I'm gonna see, isn't it? I'm not going to the Other Place, let's face it.
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I couldn't bear to end up like Elvis Presley in Las Vegas with all those housewives and old ladies coming in with their handbags.
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People also like partnerships because they can identify with the drama of two people in partnership. They can feed off a partnership, and that keeps people entertained. Besides, if you have a successful partnership, it's self-sustaining.
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My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.
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Polarization affects families and groups of friends. Its a paralyzing situation. A civil war of opinion.
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Americans get very simple explanations of what happens to them.
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Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.
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I don't believe in having bands for solo records.
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A painter's got a canvas. The writer's got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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We had to drive an hour and a half home and then start all over again the following morning at 7:30. Even with all that, our team remained focused. They gave everything they had.
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If you get to be a really big headliner, you have to be prepared for people throwing bottles at you in the night.
