You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.

Keith Richards

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I wouldn't warm to [Chuck Berry] even if I was cremated next to h... by Keith Richards

I wouldn't warm to [Chuck Berry] even if I was cremated next to him.

chuck berries next

The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush. by Keith Richards

The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.

clubs stills stones

What Muddy Waters did for us is what we should do for others. It's the old thing, what you want written on your tombstone as a musician: 'He passed it on.'

old-things tombstone water

I don't trust doctors. It's not to say there ain't some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn't trust 'em at all.

doctors ems levels

Poison's not bad. It's a matter of how much. by Keith Richards

Poison's not bad. It's a matter of how much.

poison matter

Love has sold more songs than you've had hot dinners. by Keith Richards

Love has sold more songs than you've had hot dinners.

dinner hot song

I don't know if people in New York recognize me or not. I'm not really conscious of it. If somebody stops me, then I suddenly realize that people are looking at me, but other times they may be doing it and I don't even know because I'm engrossed in something else.

realizing conscious people

From the 12th Congressional District Hopeful William Jefferson Clinton during the Nixon investigations.

hopeful presidential two

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.

flying brain interesting

I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling... by Keith Richards

I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.

rolling records stones

You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel... by Keith Richards

You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.

feel-good feels people

When I started, all I wanted to do was play like Chuck (Berry) by Keith Richards

When I started, all I wanted to do was play like Chuck (Berry)

chuck berries play

I've never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I'd keep myself amused.

locks week people

Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you're a grownup, but it's not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.

growing-up age thinking

I'd play whenever I could get my hands on an electric guitar; I was trying to pick up rock'n'roll riffs and electric blues - the latest Muddy Waters. I'd spend hours and hours on the same track, back again, and back again.

rocks guitar hands

You don't start to play your guitar thinking you're going to be running an organisation that will maybe generate millions.

guitar running thinking

Treat each guitar track-and each song-completely different. For example, if I'm using a certain amp and guitar on one track, I'll deliberately use something else for the next tune or overdub.

track guitar song

If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses becau... by Keith Richards

If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they're asleep.

ifs missing song

Its called a playground, but its nearer to a battlefield. It can... by Keith Richards

Its called a playground, but its nearer to a battlefield. It can be brutal

battlefields brutal playgrounds

To me, as long as we've known each other, I've always thought Mick's most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two foot square and give a very exciting performance.

squares feet two