"If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music."
-Keith Richards
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"You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.“
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"Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and going for it. You have to sweat over it and bug it to death. You can't do it by pushing buttons and watching a TV screen."
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"The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do."
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"Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards."
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"To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something special."
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"Yes, I've been trepanned. That's quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain."
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"Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul."
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