“The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It's almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.”

— Keith Richards

BBC Newsnight 2005; reported in " In quotes: Keith Richards http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6526133.stm", BBC (April 4, 2007).

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