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    What Would Keith Richards Do?: Daily Affirmations with a Rock and Roll Survivor

    By Jessica Pallington West

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    What is a wiseman? What is a prophet?


    Someone with a strange, unflappable demeanor. Someone who speaks in cryptic koans, words whose meanings take years to unravel. Someone who has confronted death, God, sin, and the immortal soul. Someone unfit for this world, but too brilliant to depart it. Someone - in short - like Keith Richards.


    Here, at last, the wisdom of this indefatigable man is recorded and set forth. These are his visionary words: 'I would rather be a legend than a dead legend.' Or 'Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.' And - indeed - 'I've never had a problem with drugs, only with policemen.'


    Not merely a compendium of wisdom, this book is also a complete guide to the inner workings of a complex and inspired belief system, and the life of a man sanctified by fame. What Would Keith Richards Do? reminds us to learn from our mistakes, let our instincts lead us, and above all, do what Keith has done better than anyone - survive.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateSep 7, 2009
    ISBN9781408803257
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    What Would Keith Richards Do?: Daily Affirmations with a Rock and Roll Survivor
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    Jessica Pallington West

    Jessica Pallington West is the author of Lipstick. Her writing has been featured in the Daily Telegraph, BBC TV and BBC Radio, and About.com. She is a die-hard Stones fan.

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    • 3/5
      A somewhat silly concept but a nice companion to the Keith Richards autobiography. Quotes taken from a wide variety of interviews and sources many of which may be somewhat questionable in veracity.
    • 4/5
      I recently read a book by Jessica Pallington West about Keith ("Keef") Richards, guitarist, songwriter, singer, record producer and co-founder of the Rolling Stones; known to the world as "The Human Riff." The book was mainly a collection of quotes and a timeline of Keith's life and times. As such I didn't think the book lent itself to reviewing. Instead I have decided to post a quote each day featuring the wit and wisdom from one of rock's greatest personalities. I have been looking for reasons to do this on my blog and have come up with the following: Keith is a Lord Byron figure. He is a bookworm and collector. Photos of his library have been featured in magazines. He has declared that "... the public library is a great equaliser." Keith has also been known to leave favorite volumes bedside for his guests. I am looking forward to his autobiography, titled "Life," which will be published in October. Also, I have a serious crush and that, my dears, is all the reason I need. So here we go, our first Keith Richards quote. On Creativity and Invention:"A painter's got a canvas. The writer's got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence."